A nurse is educating high school students about avoiding risk factors for different diseases
When a teenager laughs off a recent infection with mononucleosis as a silly "kissing disease," the nurse cautions him that mononucleosis is a risk factor for a. acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
b. chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
c. Hodgkin's disease.
d. severe bone marrow depression.
C
Some evidence shows that the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is believed to be a causative agent of Hodgkin's disease. The EBV is the causative agent in mononucleosis, and people who have a history of "mono" have a 2-3-fold increase in HD. Individuals, especially teenagers who are es-pecially prone to mono, should take care to avoid it.
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