Introduction: Primary Epstein–barr virus (EbV) infection usually manifests in adolescents and young adults as infectious mononucleosis which classically presents as a syndrome of fever, pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy, fatigue and atypical lymphocytosis. the vast majority of patients have relatively mild disease. However, it may rarely present as a fulminant infection with severe multi-organ manif...

Word Count: 234 Article Word Count (inc. References & Fig Captions): 5011 Reference Count: 29 Figure Count: 6 *Correspondence: Edward Ester Department of Psychology and FAU Brain Institute Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Rd. Boca Raton, FL. 33431 [email protected] Acknowledgments: Funding provided by NIH R01 EY025872 (J.T.S.) and a James S. McDonnell Foundation award (J.T.S.). E.F.E., conce...

INTRODUCTION There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART). METHODS We systematically reviewed virological outcomes in HIV-1 infected, treatment-naive patients on regimens containing EFV versus NVP from randomised trials and observationa...