A viral etiology for Hodgkin's disease?
There have been numerous suggestive but inconclusive reports of a possible infectious etiology for Hodgkin's disease. The discovery of the causative agent of the adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma syndrome suggests that a similar agent to the human T cell leukemia-lymphoma virus may have a causal role in Hodgkin's disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006800:Deltaretrovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male