Geographic variation and environmental conditions as cofactors in Chlamydia psittaci association with ocular adnexal lymphomas: a comparison between Italian and African samples

Carugi, Alessandro; Onnis, Anna; Antonicelli, Giuseppina; Rossi, Benedetta; Mannucci, Susanna; Luzzi, Anna; Lazzi, Stefano; Bellan, Cristiana; Marco Tosi, Gian; Sayed, Shaheen; De Falco, Giulia; Leoncini, Lorenzo

doi:10.1002/hon.921

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Geographic variation and environmental conditions as cofactors in Chlamydia psittaci association with ocular adnexal lymphomas: a comparison between Italian and African samples

Published in Hematological Oncology • Sep 3, 2009

Authors:

Alessandro Carugi

Anna Onnis

Giuseppina Antonicelli

Abstract

A particular extra-nodal lymphoma type arises from B cells of the marginal zone (MZ) of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). The aetiology of MZ lymphomas suggests that they are associated with chronic antigenic stimulation by microbial pathogens, among which Helicobacter pylori-associated gast...

Subject

Chlamydia psittaci

Biology

Lymphoma

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