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Heterophile antibodies can cause significant interference in any immunoassay. The presence of a heterophile antibody is characterized by broad reactivity with antibodies of other animal species (which are often the source of the assay antibodies).
The article presents a case study of a 20-year-old man with skin lesions who was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus acute infectious mononucleosis. It informs that tests were performed in a laboratory which revealed a positive heterophile antibody, a positive Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) viral capsid...