The percentage of lymphocytes is usually high after eb virus infection, such as infectious mononucleosis.
EB virus is a human herpesvirus, infection mainly violates the B-type lymphocytes, such as infectious mononucleosis, mostly infected children and adolescents, manifested as fever, liver, spleen, lymph node enlargement, peripheral blood lymphocytes increased and mononuclear-like heterogeneous lymphocytes.
Infectious mononucleosis, routine blood tests show that early white blood cells are normal or low, and then gradually increase, white blood cell classification, early neutrophil increase, later lymphocyte increase up to 60% or more, and the appearance of heterogeneous lymphocytes, heterogeneous lymphocytes can be more than 10%.
EBV infection cannot be diagnosed by routine blood tests alone, and EBV-specific antibody tests and EBV-DNA tests should also be performed to confirm the diagnosis.
Patients with EBV infection should seek medical attention and follow the doctor’s instructions.