The kissing virus.

THE Epstein-Barr virus, also called "The Kissing Virus", is perhaps the commonest of all viruses that infect human beings. It usually causes no ill-effects whatsoever, but it does cause glandular fever or infectious mononucleosis, and there is substantial evidence linking it with two human cancers, not usually found in this part of the world. It was discovered through the co-operation of surgeons, physicians and pathologists and is involved in many branches of medicine. In recent years it has been implicated in a wide variety of clinical conditions.