Twenty-five Zambians with leukaemias.
Twenty-five Zambians with leukaemias were diagnosed in three years in Ndola. Acute leukaemias were certainly under-diagnosed in children. The commonest leukaemia was chronic lymphatic leukaemia (CLL), seen in 6 males and 7 females: 3 females and 2 males were aged less than 45 years. The age and sex distribution of the leukaemias in Zambia appears to resemble those of other sub-Saharan tropical African countries. It is postulated that a retrovirus could be associated aetiologically with CLL in young adults.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000175:diagnosis; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D015030:Zimbabwe