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Haematologica, Vol 91, Issue 4, 554-557
Copyright © 2006 by Ferrata Storti Foundation

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High prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

F Marcucci, A Mele, E Spada, A Candido, E Bianco, A Pulsoni, P Chionne, E Madonna, R Cotichini, A Barbui, A De Renzo, F Dore, E Iannitto, V Liso, B Martino, M Montanaro, L Pagano, P Musto, and M Rapicetta

Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy. fabmarcu@tin.it

In this hospital-based, multicenter case-control study we investigated the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related markers and HBV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection among B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL) cases and controls. Four hundred newly diagnosed B-NHL cases and 392 controls from other departments of the same hospitals were studied. The prevalence of positivity for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was 8.5% among B-NHL cases and 2.8% among controls (adjusted odds ratio, 3.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.75-7.66). HBV/HCV co-infection was found in four cases, but in no controls. The finding of a positive association between HBV infection and B-NHL raises the possibility that HBV may play an etiologic role in the induction of B-NHL.


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