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Exposure to Childhood Infections and Risk of EBV-Defined Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Captured 2023-03-14

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The role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) etiology remains unresolved…

In a population-based case-control study… EBV-positive HL… risk was decreased for common childhood infections, including measles before age 10…

[D]elayed exposure to infection may increase risk of EBV-positive HL in young adults…

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"Having at least one of 3 common childhood illnesses (measles, mumps or rubella) vs. having none was marginally protective, and among subjects reporting a history of measles, risk of EBV-positive HL was decreased in those reporting having measles before vs. after age 10."

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Exposure to Childhood Infections and Risk of EBV-Defined Hodgkin’s Lymphoma