[Relations between malaria and Burkitt's lymphoma].
Malaria, especially forest malaria, is the environmental factor which creates endemic conditions for the Esptein-Barr virus related Burkitt's lymphoma. The Plasmodium seems active through a mitogenic factor rather than through the so often invoked immunological depresssion.
D000349:Africa; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications*; D009512:New Guinea; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum
Réflexions sur les relations existant entre le paludisme et le lymphome de Burkitt.