INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS: EPIDEMIOLOGIC PATTERNS AT UNITED STATES COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES1

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Brodsky, A. L. and C. W. Heath, Jr. (CDC, Atlanta, Ga. 30333). Infectious mononudeosis: epidemiologic patterns at United States colleges and universities. Am J Epidemiol 96: 87–93, 1972.—To obtain accurate and current data concerning epidemiologic patterns of infectious mononucleosis, a surveillance system maintained jointly by the American College Health Association and the Center for Disease Control has been established at selected colleges and universities in the United States. During the 1969–1970 academic year, a total of 2,811 cases were reported, an overall incidence of 1,112 cases per 100,000 students per school year. This level of incidence is approximately three times that found in similar age groups in the general population. Rates for blacks were one-twelfth those for whites. Rates for females were higher than for males in freshman and sophomore years, but the reverse was true in junior and senior years. No definite seasonal pattern was found, although case numbers decreased at times of school holidays. Only a small proportion of patients (14%) gave a history of contact with other IM patients.

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