Paul Bunnel test is used for diagnosis of
Chicken pox
Yellow fever
Genital Herpes
Infectious mononucleosis
Infectious mononucleosis is diagnosed by Paul Bunnel test. Revision of Key Points About Infectious Mononucleosis
• Ebstein Barr virus is causative for infectious mononucleosis.
• Infectious mononucleosis is called a glandular fever
• Clinical features include fever, lymphadenopathy, sore throat and presence of abnormal lymphocytes in blood.
• Monospot test is also used for diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis,
• Patients develop skin rash if they consume an antibiotic like ampicillin EBV is also oncogenic in nature because it causes B cell clonal activation.