As last year’s Mono 5 Study participants return to the University of Minnesota for fall semester, the Clinical Virology Research Program will intensify our efforts for the 2007-2008 academic year. We’ll continue to follow those who accepted our invitation to join the study last year until 2010.
Also, beginning on September 11, we’ll begin screening freshmen from the class of 2011 for participation in the study. Our staff will be on hand in the residence halls with information about the study. If you choose to go through the screening process–a simple blood draw that takes less than five minutes–we’ll test to see if you’ve ever been exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus that causes mono.
We’re also developing new mono studies and we’re in the process of negotiating a study of a new drug that seems to have an effect on EBV. Please check our website periodically for more information.