Associations between Burkitt lymphoma among children in Malawi and infection with HIV, EBV and malaria: results from a case-control study.

Associations between Burkitt lymphoma among children in Malawi and infection with HIV, EBV and malaria: results from a case-control study.

Burkitt lymphoma, a childhood cancer common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, has been associated with Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and malaria, but its association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is not clear.We conducted a case-control study of Burkitt lymphoma among children (aged < or = 15...

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Main Authors: Nora Mutalima, Elizabeth Molyneux, Harold Jaffe, Steve Kamiza, Eric Borgstein, Nyengo Mkandawire, George Liomba, Mkume Batumba, Dimitrios Lagos, Fiona Gratrix, Chris Boshoff, Delphine Casabonne, Lucy M Carpenter, Robert Newton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2423475?pdf=render

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