PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R F Jarrett
AU  - A Gallagher
AU  - D B Jones
AU  - F E Alexander
AU  - A S Krajewski
AU  - A Kelsey
AU  - J Adams
AU  - B Angus
AU  - S Gledhill
AU  - D H Wright
TI  - Detection of Epstein-Barr virus genomes in Hodgkin's disease: relation to age.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.44.10.844
DP  - 1991 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 844--848
VI  - 44
IP  - 10
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/44/10/844.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/44/10/844.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1991 Oct 01; 44
AB  - An investigation as to whether any particular subgroup of patients with Hodgkin's disease was particularly likely to be Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome positive was made on samples from 95 patients. These were grouped according to age and Hodgkin's disease subtype, and analysed using Southern blot analysis. Most samples from children or adults aged 50 years or over contained detectable EBV genomes; samples from young adults were only rarely positive. The differences in EBV positivity by age were highly significant, but there was no significant association between EBV and histological subtype after allowing for the effect of age. The results support the hypothesis that Hodgkin's disease in different age groups may have different aetiologies, and suggest that EBV does have a pathogenetic role in Hodgkin's disease in children and older age groups.