The sero-epidemiology of infectious mononucleosis in Neyshabur,Northeast Iran during 2010-2014

Objective:To detect infectious mononucleosis(IM)prevalence in Neyshabur,Northeast Iran during 2010-2014.Methods:This cross-sectional descriptive epidemiological survey was performed to reveal the prevalence of IM in Neyshabur between 2010 and 2014.A total of 114 individuals were studied.Briefly,individuals with positive test for specific immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M in the agglutination test were determined as positive cases.Results:The overall prevalence of IM was 14%.Mean±SD of age for IM test was 18.96±15.79.The age groups of 0-10 and 21-30 were the most positive cases in this period.In addition,31-40 and over 50 years were not positive cases.Male individuals were significantly more positive and likewise,it was observed that there were significantly higher positive cases of IM in spring and summer.Conclusions:Among the five years of this study,it was a decreasing status from 2010(23.1%)to 2014(9.1%),though a slight fluctuation had occurred.The prevalence of IM was low in Neyshabur City.Moreover,children and male individuals had relatively higher prevalence of the disease.Furthermore,it was observed a higher rate of IM in spring and summer.