Assessment of the informativeness of serological methods for the diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis and seroepidemiological data of its prevalance

Abstract

To assess the prevalence of markers of the acute period of infectious mononucleosis (VCA IgM, VCA IgG, EBNA IgG, heterophilic antibodies in the monospot test and EBV DNA by PCR) based on the analysis of the Dila laboratory database in Kyiv during the three-year observation period (2022-2024), to investigate changes in diagnostic approaches in clinical practice, to determine the effectiveness of various laboratory methods in the context of differential diagnosis with SARS-like diseases and to develop optimized recommendations for the rational use of diagnostic resources.