title: Malignant lymphomas of African children.
abstract: Clinical, pathologic, and epidemiologic observations of malignant tumors of children in sub-Sahara Africa suggest alternative theories of causation, and give insight into environmental influences that may play a large role in the etiology and form of malignant lymphatic tumors and cerebral neoplasms of infants.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000349:Africa; D000367:Age Factors; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004777:Environment; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000453:epidemiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009380:Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue / Q000453:epidemiology