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. 2010 Feb 10;17(4):559–563. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00372-09

TABLE 3.

Interpretative rules applied for the serologic EBV status in the prospective evaluation

Serologic EBV status
EBV interpretation
EBV VCA IgM EBV VCA IgG EBV EBNA IgG
- - - Seronegative for EBV
+ +/- - Possible early EBV infection
- + + Past infection
- + - Past infectiona
+ + + Past infection
a

This profile can also be rarely observed in acute EBV infections.