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  1. Factors previously associated with Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) transmission in Africa include sexual, familial, and proximity to river water. We measured the seroprevalence of KSHV in relati...

    Authors: Babatyi I Malope-Kgokong, Patrick MacPhail, Georgina Mbisa, Edith Ratshikhopha, Mhairi Maskew, Lara Stein, Freddy Sitas and Denise Whitby
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is an extranodal tumor appearing predominantly in the jaw in younger children while abdominal tumors predominate with increasing age. Previous studies have identified elevated l...

    Authors: Amolo S Asito, Erwan Piriou, Peter Sumba Odada, Nancy Fiore, Jaap M Middeldorp, Carole Long, Sheetij Dutta, David E Lanar, Walter GZO Jura, Collins Ouma, Juliana A Otieno, Ann M Moormann and Rosemary Rochford
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:13
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. B cell non Hodgkin lymphomas account for the majority of lymphomas in Uganda. The commonest is endemic Burkitt lymphoma, followed by diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). There has been an increase in inciden...

    Authors: Lynnette K Tumwine, Jackson Orem, Patrick Kerchan, Wilson Byarugaba and Stefano A Pileri
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:12
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. To date, almost one and a half million cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in the US and nearly 560,000 Americans are expected to die of cancer in the current year, more than 1,500 people a day (data from...

    Authors: Valeria Bergonzini, Cristiano Salata, Arianna Calistri, Cristina Parolin and Giorgio Palù
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:11
    Content type: Review Published on:

  5. In 2002, 17.8% of the global cancer burden was attributable to infections. This study assessed the age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of stomach, liver, and cervical cancer in Puerto Rico (PR) for ...

    Authors: Ana P Ortiz, Marievelisse Soto-Salgado, William A Calo, Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, Cynthia M Pérez, Carlos J Romero, Javier Pérez, Nayda Figueroa-Vallés and Erick Suárez
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:10
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Increasing numbers of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women are now accessing life-prolonging highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in developing countries. There is a need for better unders...

    Authors: Lara F Bratcher and Vikrant V Sahasrabuddhe
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:8
    Content type: Review Published on:

  8. While infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) are highly prevalent among sexually active young women in Uganda, information on incidence, clearance and their associated risk factors is sparse. To estimate t...

    Authors: Cecily Banura, Sven Sandin, Leen-Jan van Doorn, Wim Quint, Bernhard Kleter, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Edward K Mbidde and Elisabete Weiderpass
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:7
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is a rare cancer that has increased in incidence with the HIV pandemic in Africa. The underlying cause of this cancer in HIV-infected patients from Botswana is not well...

    Authors: Kenneth O Simbiri, Masanao Murakami, Michael Feldman, Andrew P Steenhoff, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Gregory Bisson and Erle S Robertson
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. The impact of infection with HIV on the risk of cancer in children is uncertain, particularly for those living in sub-Saharan Africa. In an ongoing study in a paediatric oncology centre in Malawi, children (ag...

    Authors: Nora Mutalima, Elizabeth M Molyneux, William T Johnston, Harold W Jaffe, Steve Kamiza, Eric Borgstein, Nyengo Mkandawire, George N Liomba, Mkume Batumba, Lucy M Carpenter and Robert Newton
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. P16 and p53 protein expression, and high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV-HR) types have been associated with survival in head and neck cancer (HNC). Evidence suggests that multiple molecular pathways need to be...

    Authors: Elaine M Smith, Linda M Rubenstein, Henry Hoffman, Thomas H Haugen and Lubomir P Turek
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. The anticancer drugs, such as DNA replication inhibitors, stimulate bacterial adhesion and induce the bacterial SOS response. As a variety of bacterial mutants can be generated during SOS, novel phenotypes are...

    Authors: Shatha F Dallo and Tao Weitao
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:3
    Content type: Hypothesis Published on:

  13. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and in particularly infection with HPVs 16 and 18, is a central carcinogenic factor in the uterine cervix. We established and optimized a PCR assay for the detection and d...

    Authors: Iana Lesnikova, Marianne Lidang, Steven Hamilton-Dutoit and Jørn Koch
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:2
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  14. H. pylori seroprevalence in Brazilians varies and is dependent on socioeconomic status, sanitation conditions and ethnicity; furthermore, H. pylori is not always associated with the incidence of gastric cancer, s...

    Authors: Rejane Mattar, Maria S Monteiro, Sergio B Marques, Bruno Zilberstein, Cláudio L Hashimoto and Flair J Carrilho
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:1
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  15. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is widespread and can cause latent infection in basal cells, with low HPV DNA copy-number insufficient for transmission of infection; can cause subclinical infection that is active b...

    Authors: Liviu Feller, Razia AG Khammissa, Neil H Wood and Johan Lemmer
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  17. The natural history of cutaneous HPV is unclear and in particular, seroprevalence among individuals with different levels of immune function and ethnicity is unknown. As part of a study of cutaneous squamous c...

    Authors: Delphine Casabonne, Tim Waterboer, Kristina M Michael, Michael Pawlita, Liza Mitchell, Robert Newton, Catherine Harwood and Charlotte Proby
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:14
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  18. Despite intensive study of high-risk mucosal human papillomaviruses (HPV), little is known of the epidemiology of cutaneous HPV. As part of a study of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and HPV among organ tran...

    Authors: Delphine Casabonne, Tim Waterboer, Kristina M Michael, Michael Pawlita, Aoife Lally, Liza Mitchell, Beata Imko-Walczuk, Fenella Wojnarowska, Robert Newton, Charlotte Proby and Catherine Harwood
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:13
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  19. Human polyomaviruses are known to cause persistent or latent infections, which are reactivated under immunosuppression. Polyomaviruses have been found to immortalize cell lines and to possess oncogenic propert...

    Authors: Felix C Ringshausen, Marei Heckmann, Benedikt Weissbrich, Florian Neske, Irmgard Borg, Umut Knoop, Juliane Kronsbein, Barbara M Hauptmeier, Gerhard Schultze-Werninghaus and Gernot Rohde
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:12
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  20. Immunological alterations are implicated in the increased prevalence of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HG-SIL) and persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. This study evaluated the expres...

    Authors: Maria Alice G Gonçalves, Edson G Soares and Eduardo A Donadi
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:11
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  21. The development of B-cell lymphomas has been seldom described in HTLV-1 carriers. We present the case of an elderly Peruvian HTLV-1 carrier who was diagnosed with EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. De...

    Authors: Brady Beltran, Renzo Salas, Pilar Quiñones, Domingo Morales, Fernando Hurtado, Esther Cotrina, Luis Riva and Jorge Castillo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:10
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  23. Authors: D Whitby, S De Sanjose, G Mbisa, S Perez, S Sukvirach, N Trong Hieu, HR Shin, ANH PTH, JO Thomas, E Lazcano, E Matos, R Herrero, N Muňoz and S Franceschi
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):P46
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 4 Supplement 2

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