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The Many Roles of Malaria in the Etiology of Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma

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The weight of both epidemiologic and molecular studies confirms that malaria is an etiologic cofactor in endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma (eBL). This chapter will review the literature on the epidemiologic association of eBL with areas of Africa and Papua New Guinea where malaria transmission is holoendemic as well as studies revealing potential mechanisms by which malaria could contribute to the increased incidence of eBL.

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    Rosemary Rochford & Amolo S. Asito

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Rochford, R., Asito, A.S. (2013). The Many Roles of Malaria in the Etiology of Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma. In: Robertson, E. (eds) Burkitt’s Lymphoma. Current Cancer Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4313-1_13

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