CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN’S INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS OF HERPES VIRUS ETIOLOGY

The article gives the study results for epidemiology, clinical and laboratory data of infectious mononucleosis (IM) of herpes virus etiology in children. The level of disease occurrence ranges during a year from 3.47% to 16.43%, with the highest rate in autumn-winter period (11.5–16.43%). The children up to 6 year old 83.14% suffer from IM as a rule. Clinical manifestation of IM involve fever 96.4%, lacunar tonsillitis 79.5%, lymphadenopathy 17.14%, hepatolienal syndrome 96.4%. At the same time, atypical mononuclear cells were found only in 48.2% of children. 55.42% cases of infectious mononucleosis were caused by a combination of pathogens (VEB and CMV). In isolation, the Epstein–Barr virus was detected in 31.32% of children, and the cytomegalovirus in 10.84%.