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PROBLEM: Quick Guide Symptoms of Mono: Infectious Mononucleosis Treatment What tests do health care professionals use to diagnose infectious mono? The diagnosis of mono is suspected by the doctor based on the above symptoms and signs. Mononucleosis, or mono, has a wide range of symptoms, which can make it hard to diagnose. You'll need to see your doctor to find out if you have it. Your doctor will give you a complete physical exam. You may get a throat culture to rule out strep throat, which has symptoms that are similar to mono. Your doctor may also take a sample of blood to check for abnormal white blood cells. You may also get a heterophile antibody test. It checks your blood for special antibodies that your body makes to fight off a viral infection. Your physician will start by taking a complete medical history, and will then perform a physical exam to see if there are any signs of infection. If mono is suspected, the doctor will order a blood test, known as a heterophil or monospot test, to confirm the diagnosis. Are blood tests always definitive? The monospot test is not perfect. Infectious mononucleosis is a contagious illness sometimes called mono. Learn about its symptoms, transmission, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip directly to navigation Skip directly to page options Skip directly to site content If you have heterophile antibodies in your blood, then your monospot test is positive.. A positive monospot test accompanied by the symptoms of mono results in a diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. However, monospot tests can be false-positive, about 10-15% of the time, particularly in early stages of the illness. Serological tests take longer time than the heterophile antibody test, but are more accurate. Physical examination The presence of an enlarged spleen, and swollen posterior cervical, axillary, and inguinal lymph nodes are the most useful to suspect a diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. Serious complications are uncommon, occurring in less than 5% of cases: 1 CNS complications include meningitis, encephalitis, hemiplegia, GuillainBarre syndrome, and transverse myelitis. Prior infectious mononucleiosis has been linked to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). If the mono test is persistently negative, a test specific for EBV antibodies may be used to help confirm or rule out the presence of an EBV infection. A strep test may also be ordered along with a mono test to determine whether a person's sore throat is due to strep throat (group A streptococcal infection) instead of or in addition to mononucleosis. Best Answer: Mono tests include: Monospot test (heterophil test). This quick screening test detects a recent mono infection. A sample of blood is placed on a microscope slide and mixed with other substances. If mono is present, the blood clumps (agglutinates). Monospot testing can usually detect antibodies 2 to 9 weeks after a person is infected. It generally is not used to diagnose mono that started more than 6 months earlier. EBV antibody test. For this test, a sample of blood is mixed with a substance that attaches to antibodies against EBV. Infectious mononucleosis (mono) is a contagious illness typically caused by the Epstein-Barr virus . This infectious disease can be spread by saliva, and the incubation period for mono is four to eight weeks. Query: how is mono tested for

SOLUTION: You may get a throat culture to rule out strep throat, which has symptoms that are similar to mono. Your doctor may also take a sample of blood to check for abnormal white blood cells. You may also get a heterophile antibody test. It checks your blood for special antibodies that your body makes to fight off a viral infection.

PROBLEM: 1 National Football League total attendance at regular season games 2008 to 2016 (in millions)Total attendance National Football League regular season games 2008-2016. 2 NFL average total regular season home attendance per team from 2005 to 2016Total average home attendance per team in the National Football League 2005-2016. Season and playoff development. From 1920 to 1934, the NFL did not have a set number of games for teams to play, instead setting a minimum. The league mandated a 12-game regular season for each team beginning in 1935, later shortening this to 11 games in 1937 and 10 games in 1943, mainly due to World War II. The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. The NFL agreed to merge with the American Football League (AFL) in 1966, and the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that season; the merger was completed in 1970. NFL regular season games accounted for 31 out of the top 32 most-watched programs in the fall season and an NFL game ranked as the most-watched television show in all 17 weeks of the regular season. At the local level, NFL games were the highest-ranked shows in NFL markets 92% of the time. Number of people who bought clothing with logos of National Football League (NFL) teams within the last 12 months in the United States from spring 2008 to spring 2016 (in millions)People who bought clothing with NFL team logos (last 12 months) in the U.S. 2016. According to the NFL Players Association the average career length is about 3.3 years. The NFL claims that the average career is about 6 years (for players who make a club's opening day roster in their rookie season). For the 2017 season, the NFL Network will broadcast 18 regular season games under its Thursday Night Football brand, 16 Thursday-evening contests (10 of which are simulcast on either NBC or CBS) as well as one of the NFL International Series games on a Sunday morning and one of the 2017 Christmas afternoon games. 1 Number of Super Bowls won by NFL team from 1967 to 2017*National Football League: Super Bowl wins by team 2017. 2 Number of Super Bowls hosted by city from 1967 to 2017National Football League Super Bowl host cities 1967-2017. On June 24, 1922, the APFA changed its name to the National Football League (NFL). In 1932, the season ended with the Chicago Bears (616) and the Portsmouth Spartans (614) tied for first in the league standings. 1 Player salaries in the National Football League 2015/16 season (in million U.S. dollars), by team*Player salaries in the NFL 2015/16 season, by team. 2 Players with the highest salaries* in the NFL in 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)Highest paid players in the National Football League 2016. Query: how long are nfl seasons

SOLUTION: NFL seasons take 17 weeks of the regular season.

PROBLEM: In the fact that they are the means of reproduction of whatever plant spit them out. Seeds are alike because they spread and produce a new plant. They also all have stored food in the seed. And have a outer layer on the outside of the seed. Hip hop music uses a variety of slang terms that have changed as hip hop itself has evolved and changed. Much of its lexicon is drawn from African American Vernacular English. Hip hop slang makes use of alternative pronunciations, mostly drawn from AAVE; ordinary words given new meanings; new coinages and portmanteau words; and vernacular phrases. The slang used in a hip hop record can often date it to a certain era and/or school of hip hop. As the hip hop culture has expanded worldwide, non-Americans and even non-English speakers have increasingly borrowed from and contributed to the slang of hip hop, often modifying the meanings of words to their own uses. The fruit and seeds are alike in storage of food material. In the seed the food is stored for the embryo and in the fruit for the agency (the animal or bird) responsible for the dispersal of seeds. Language Construction. 1 List of languages. 2 Language regulators. 3 Language families. 4 Linguistics. 5 Philosophy of language. 6 Useful phrases to use. 7 Slang and colloquialisms. Dictionary of Hip Hop Slang and colloquialisms. Learn the meaning of slang and informal expressions currently in use. No Homo: (1) punctuation-like phrase, that follows a statement or sentence which could have ambiguous social meaning due to the influx of homo-thugs and bisexual behavior. (2)not to be interpreted in a homosexual way. A-Alikes: (1) a twin or someone with a physical resemblence. (2) a relative. Primarily used in New York City. Aiight: (1) safe or unharmed. 2)yes or very well 3)satisfactory 4)without fail Derived from "all right", Aiight carries many of the same meanings. Also can mean mediocre. Often used in exclamatory fashion to show agreement. Who is A-Alikes? From the A-Alikes' Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/aalikes): Ness and K linked in Tallahassee in the late nineties, and it was there that they connected with their People Ar my/R.B.G. comrades stic.man and M1 of dead prez and Tahir and Abu of Hedrush. 4-1-1: is the telephone directory number used in the US. 411 is used as a slang term meaning information. 4-9-3-11/Get the 4-9-3-11: a number code which when translated to the corresponding alphabetical order spells out the word dick. Query: a-alikes meaning

SOLUTION:
A-Alikes is a twin or someone with a physical resemblence.