J. Gutierrez et M. Rodriguez-iglesias, Hepatitis C virus and Epstein-Barr virus: dual infection or atypical antibody response, MICROBIOS, 103(404), 2000, pp. 65-66
Positive serological reactions against hepatitis C virus (HCV) appeared in
the course of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infectious mononucleosis. In 429 con
secutive patients with high levels of transaminases, 28 patients with EBV p
rimary infection were found. The presence of anti-HCV antibodies and HCV RN
A was studied in these subjects. In seven patients anti-HCV antibodies (C33
and C22c RIBA bands) were detected, but all were polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) negative. These results may have been due solely to a HCV infection
or were an atypical response to HCV in the course of infectious mononucleos
is.