Introduction Epstein-Barr  virus  (EBV)  infection  can  present  with  a  variety  of  manifestation. Case Report  Here  we  present  a  case  of  a  7  year- old  immunocompetent  girl  who  came  with  acute  abdominal  pain ,  had  echocardiographic  evidence  of  myocardial  dysfunction  and  finally  was  diagnosed  as  a  case  of  serologically  proven  acute  EBV  infection. Conclusion...

how to cite this article: hashemian s, ashrafzadeh f, akhondian j, beiraghi toosi m. epstein-barr virus encephalitis: a case report. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):107-110.     abstract many neurologic manifestations of epstein-barr virus (ebv) infection have been documented, including encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, transverse myelitis, and guillain-barre syndrome. these manifestation...

background and aims: infectious mononucleosis (im)is the clinical manifestation of primary infection with epstein-barr virus (ebv). humans are the only known reservoir of ebv. regarding the problems in diagnosis of the disease, the purpose of this study was to assess enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and nested polymerase chain reaction (pcr) as a diagnostic tool for this disease. mater...

colorectal cancer is the most common gastrointestinal cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. the purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of epstein-barr virus in patients with colorectal carcinomas and polyps in comparison with healthy people. in this analytical  case-control study, 15 patients with colorectal cancer and 20 patients with colorectal polyp ...

background: oral lichen planus (olp) is a chronic immunologic disease. the etiology of olp is unknown, viral antigens (for example epstein-bar virus) have been proposed as etiologic agents. olp may get transformation to malignancy so re search on the presence of ebv in olp lesions seems to be necessary. the aim of this study was to ascertain if ebv acted as etiologic factor in pathogenesis of o...

background: breast cancer is the malignancy in humans and other mammals. several risk factors are involved in their appearance such as higher hormone levels and obesity. identification of a mouse mammary tumor virus supports a viral etiology for breast tumors in animals. viruses have been implicated in the development of various cancers, but viral induction for formation breast cancer is contro...

ulcerative colitis (uc) is one type of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). herpes viruses have been suggested as possible etiological agents of uc and crohn’s disease (cd). the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of herpes simplex virus (hsv), cytomegalovirus (cmv) and epstein-barr virus (ebv) in patients with uc in comparison with healthy subjects by using pcr technique. in this ...