EBV antibody test; Monospot; Heterophile agglutination test
Normal Values:
No antibodies to EBV will be detected from people who have never been infected with EBV.
What abnormal results mean:
The monospot test (one of the EBV tests) will be positive only during the acute phase of EBV infection. Other more sophisticated and rarely used antibody tests can tell the difference between acute and past infection with the virus.
Review Date: 11/2/2005
Reviewed By: Kenneth Wener, M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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