“…In answering (1), valacyclovir was used successfully mostly in combination with other therapies, and on grounds of immune dysregulation— including post-transplant patients, HIV, etc— in EBV-related cases of encephalitis/various forms of CNS infection,36 37 severe/complicated (eg, with hepatic involvement)/chronic infectious mononucleosis,38 hepatitis,39 chronic fatigue syndrome,40 hairy leukoplakia,41 hydroa vacciniforme,42 various types of LPDs (eg, Burkitt lymphoma),43 oral papulosis,44 periodontitis45 and lymphocytic myocarditis 46. For these conditions, which may coexist, other antiherpetics have also been used.…”