You need to have listened in regards to the "mononucleosis". It is popularly also called as "kissing illness", "mono" and sometimes also known as as "glandular fever". These are all the names of infectious mononucleosis which is precipitated attributable to a virus referred to as Epstein-Barr virus also referred to as as EBV. Epstein Barr virus belongs to the family of herpesvirus.