title: [Active infection with Epstein-Barr virus in two children with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma].
abstract: Epstein-Barr virus is common in environment. It has an organothropy to lymphoid tissue and liver tissue and the acute infection causes a mononucleosis. The aim of this study was to present two cases in children. In postmortal examination a non-Hodgkin lymphoma was diagnosed. In the first case the course was acute and in the second was chronic. In both cases the unique ethiologic factor was Epstein-Barr virus.
authors.affiliation: Zespołu Opieki Zdrowotnej nad Matka i Dzieckiem w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szumińska-Napiontek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wysocki
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male