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Review
. 2005 Feb;3(2):182-7.
doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1089.

Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma: a polymicrobial disease?

Rosemary Rochford  1 , Martin J Cannon, Ann M Moormann
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Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma: a polymicrobial disease?

Rosemary Rochford et al. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma is the most common childhood cancer in equatorial Africa. Two ubiquitous human pathogens are thought to be responsible for the aetiology of this disease: Epstein-Barr virus and Plasmodium falciparum malaria. New data suggest how these two pathogens might interact to result in disease and provide insights into the emerging concepts of polymicrobial disease pathogenesis.

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