Age of infection and risk of virally associated cancers: new clues to an old puzzle

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Rachel Bagni et al. J Infect Dis. 2012.

. 2012 Mar 15;205(6):873-4.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir871. Epub 2012 Feb 1.

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Toll-like receptor 1 polymorphisms increase susceptibility to candidemia.
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Early age at time of primary Epstein-Barr virus infection results in poorly controlled viral infection in infants from Western Kenya: clues to the etiology of endemic Burkitt lymphoma.
Piriou E, Asito AS, Sumba PO, Fiore N, Middeldorp JM, Moormann AM, Ploutz-Snyder R, Rochford R. Piriou E, et al. J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar 15;205(6):906-13. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir872. Epub 2012 Feb 1. J Infect Dis. 2012. PMID: 22301635 Free PMC article.

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