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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
OUTBREAK OF BURKITT'S-LIKE LYMPHOMA IN HOMOSEXUAL MEN
The Lancet, Volume 320, No. 8299, Year 1982
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Description
Four cases of Burkitt's-like lymphoma (undifferentiated, monoclonal, B-cell tumours) in homosexual men were seen in a 9-month period in San Francisco. One tumour contained both Epstein-Barr-virus nuclear antigen (EBNA) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigen. Another tumour contained EBNA, and a third contained no viral antigen, but EBNA and CMV antigens were detected in the overlying epithelium. This outbreak widens the array of neoplasms affecting immunosuppressed homosexual men and provides further evidence of an oncogenic role for EBV and CMV. © 1982.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ziegler, John L.
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco va Health Care System
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf Medical Center at Mount Zion
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
United States, Rochester
Saint Mary's Hospital
Lennette, Evelyne T.
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco va Health Care System
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf Medical Center at Mount Zion
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
United States, Rochester
Saint Mary's Hospital
Drew, William Lawrence
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco va Health Care System
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf Medical Center at Mount Zion
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
United States, Rochester
Saint Mary's Hospital
Greenspan, John S.
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco va Health Care System
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf Medical Center at Mount Zion
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
United States, Rochester
Saint Mary's Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 396
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(82)92740-4
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Cancer
Participants Gender
Male