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The epidemiology of Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) strongly favours the hypothesis of a vector transmitted factor playing a role in the development of the tumour (BURKITT, 1963). The serological association between a new herpes virus, discovered by Epstein et al. (1964), and this disease makes this virus an obvious canditate for etiology, although the ubiquitous presence of such an agent in all populations all around the world prevents from considering this virus as the only possible cause of the tumour.
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De-Thé, G. (1972). Etiology of Burkitt’s Lymphoma. In: Grundmann, E., Tulinius, H. (eds) Current Problems in the Epidemiology of Cancer and Lymphomas. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80686-5_23
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