Can You Get Mono Twice?
8. Remaining Contagious
As already mentioned, there is a period of incubation where the patient is contagious despite not showing any symptoms at all. The patient will also remain contagious during the period where the symptoms are present. But what about after the symptoms have passed?
It is not clear on how long the patient will continue to be contagious, and some experts believe it can be as long as 18 months in some cases. Eventually, the virus will become dormant in the patients body, where it will not be contagious and will not cause symptoms. That is, until it is reactivated.
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