1. The history of Epstein-Barr virus / Alex Tselis -- 2. Virology and molecular biology of Epstein-Barr virus / Jeffrey I. Cohen -- 3. Epidemiology of primary Epstein-Barr virus infection and infectious mononucleosis / Warren A. Andiman -- 4. Pathology of primary and persistent Epstein-Barr virus infection / Gerald Niedobitek and Hermann Herbst -- 5. The immune response to Epstein-Barr virus / Scott R. Burrows and Andrew D. Hislop -- 6. Clinical features of infectious mononucleosis / Jan Andersson -- 7. Epstein-Barr virus disease : serologic and virologic diagnosis / Alex Tselis, Joseph R. Merline, and Gregory A. Storch -- 8. Epstein-Barr virus and the nervous system / Alex Tselis and Kumar Rajamani -- 9. Epstein-Barr virus and HIV / Richard F. Ambinder -- 10. Burkitt lymphoma / Jeffery T. Sample and Ingrid K. Ruf -- 11. Epstein-Barr virus infection in Hodgkin lymphomas / Hermann Herbst and Gerald Niedobitek -- 12. Posttransplant lymphoProfiliferative disorder / Lode J. Swinnen -- 13. T-cell lymphomas associated with Epstein-Barr virus / James F. Jones -- 14. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma / Sai Wah Tsao, Kwok Wai Lo, and Dolly P. Huang -- 15. Leiomyosarcoma / Hal B. Jenson -- 16. X-linked lymphoProfiliferative disease / Thomas A. Seemayer, Thomas G. Gross, Arpad Lanyi, and Janos Sumegi -- 17. Diseases possibly associated with Epstein-Barr virus / James F. Jones -- 18. Treatment of Epstein-Barr virus infections : chemotherapy, antiviral therapy, and immunotherapy / Patrizia Comoli and Cliona Rooney -- 19. The development of Epstein-Barr virus vaccines / Andrew J. Morgan and A. Douglas Wilson.