Revisiting the effect of acute P. falciparum malaria on Epstein-Barr virus: host balance in the setting of reduced malaria endemicity.
Burkitt's lymphoma (BL), an EBV-associated tumour, occurs at high incidence in populations where malaria is holoendemic. Previous studies in one such population suggested that acute P.falciparum infection impairs EBV-specific T-cell surveillance, allowing expansion of EBV infected B-cells from...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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