[Infectious causes of non-Hodgkin lymphomas]

Lars Munksgaard; Henrik Hjalgrim; Mads Melbye

[Infectious causes of non-Hodgkin lymphomas]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2002 Dec 9;164(50):5927-32.

[Article in Danish]

Authors

Lars Munksgaard¹, Henrik Hjalgrim, Mads Melbye

Affiliation

¹ Afdeling for Epidemiologisk Forskning, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 København S. [email protected]

PMID: 12553112

Abstract

The etiology to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma remains incompletely understood. Chronic infection with certain viruses and bacteria has attracted interest in recent years because of the association with lymphoma development. In this article we present an overview of the current evidence of infectious causes to non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Borrelia burgdorferi / immunology
Burkitt Lymphoma / virology
Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications
HIV Infections / complications
Helicobacter Infections / complications
Helicobacter pylori / immunology
Hepatitis C / complications
Humans
Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / virology
Lyme Disease / complications
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / microbiology*
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / virology
Polyomavirus Infections / complications
Simian virus 40 / immunology