HLA-A and Epstein-Barr virus infection: To allow comparison of these individuals with asymptomatic EBV infections and individuals with classical IM, we selected four IM patients (IM221, IM232, IM253, and IM265) who were either HLA-A*0201 or HLA-B*0702 positive and from whom samples obtained during the acute phase and follow-up were available for retrospective analysis.