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G Calabri

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PubMed1990

Primary lymphoma of the central nervous system in two children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Postmortem examination disclosed central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in two children who died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) at 6 and 14 months of age, respectively. Systemic signs of lymphoma were not present. The B-cell origin and clonality of the neoplastic cells were established by immunohistochemistry in one case and by molecular analysis of immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in the other. Moreover, in the latter case the neoplastic cells were characterized by the presence of a single episomal EBV genome. According to these data, the monoclonal B-cell proliferation occurred after EBV infection, thus suggesting a possible pathogenetic role of EBV in the early stages of lymphomagenesis.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1989

[Expected risk of congenital toxoplasmosis in Florence and its province. Statistical research in 1984].

Research has been carried out to determine the prevalence of toxoplasma infection in 1176 women of fertile age in Florence and province for 1984 so as to calculate expected congenital foetal risk of toxoplasmosis. Prevalence proved to be 22% in women aged from 15 to 20 and 60% in the 41-45 group, with an average annual sero-conversion rate of 1.5%. As pregnancy lasts 9 months, this rate is cut by 1/4, namely it drops from 1.5% to 1.125%. Transmission of the infection from mother to foetus occurs in about 1/3 of cases. 9256 pregnancies were reported in Florence and province. The expectation was therefore 104 primary infections and 35 infected newborns of whom 11-12 clinically diagnosable at birth. The estimated rate of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy is therefore 11% for Florence and foetal infection is about 4%. Two-thirds of the newborns with toxoplasma infection are asymptomatic but, if left untreated, they may develop serious neurological and behavioural sequelae. It is therefore necessary to learn the immune state with respect to toxoplasma for all fertile women before pregnancy and study negative findings during gestation.

Animals↗