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  • Title: Epstein-Barr virus markers in a series of Burkitt's lymphomas from the West Nile District, Uganda.
    Author: Geser A, Lenoir GM, Anvret M, Bornkamm G, Klein G, Williams EH, Wright DH, De-The G.
    Journal: Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol; 1983 Oct; 19(10):1393-404. PubMed ID: 6315443.
    Abstract:
    In an epidemiological survey in the West Nile District of Uganda, 70 pathologically confirmed BL cases were detected over a 5-yr period; this corresponded to an annual incidence rate of 1.6 per 100,000 general population or about 5 per 100,000 children in the age group 5-14 yr. Of the confirmed cases which were examined by EBV/DNA molecular hybridization, 96% were found to contain an average of 38 EBV genome equivalents per tumour cell, whereas none of the examined unconfirmed cases did. Duplicate hybridization assays in two laboratories were in close agreement. Serological testing showed that 91% of the confirmed BL cases had elevated EBV/VCA titres (greater than or equal to 160) and 64% were EA(D)-positive (greater than or equal to 10). Most of the cases with high EBV/genome content had high VCA titres, but there was a poor correlation between the two parameters among all cases. This study confirms that in high BL incidence areas the association between EBV and this lymphoma is almost constant, whereas it is exceptional in low-incidence areas. This further supports the aetiological implication of EBV in the endemicity of this tumor in equatorial Africa.
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