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Lymphomas: December 1995
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Lymphomas -
The incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphomas has been rising since
1950, a fact for which there is no explanation. A viral
causation has been suspected for lymphomas, and has been
established for one type, Burkitt's lymphoma, which is most
common in Africa. But no virus has been clearly associated with
other types of lymphoma. In a thesis submitted for the Ph.D.
degree at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Dr. David Bush,
using information from follow-up of lymphoma patients identified
from among more than 50,000 individuals participating in blood
donation drives in Washington County, Maryland, in 1974 and 1989,
found signs suggesting viral factors were often responsible.
Those with antibodies reacting to what is known as the early
antigen of the Epstein-Barr virus had nearly 14 times the risk of
developing lymphomas than those who were negative for these
antibodies.
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