Exposure to Coxiella burnetiiand risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a retrospective population-based analysis in the Netherlands

Authors :: van Roeden, Sonja E
van Houwelingen, Fedor
Donkers, Chiel M J
Hogewoning, Sander J
de Lange, Marit M A
van der Hoek, Wim
Kampschreur, Linda M
Bonten, Marc J M
Hoepelman, Andy I M
Bleeker-Rovers, Chantal P
Wever, Peter C
Oosterheert, Jan Jelrik
Source :: The Lancet Haematology; May 2018, Vol. 5 Issue: 5 pe211-e219, 9p
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: An association between Coxiella burnetiiand non-Hodgkin lymphoma has been suggested. After a large Q fever epidemic in the Netherlands (2007–10), we postulated that the incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma would be increased during and after the epidemic in areas with a high endemicity of Q fever compared with those with low endemicity.

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