Table 4.
Frequency of EBV positive Hodgkin Lymphoma in children in different regions/continents of the world
| CHL (%) | NS (%) | MC (%) | LD (%) | NLPHL (%) | TOTAL (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peru 1993 [17] | 100 | 100 | 100 | – | – | 100 |
| Honduras 1993 [47] | 100 | 100 | 100 | – | 100 | 100 |
| Kenya 1996 [15] | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| China 2001 [30] | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ≤ 5 years | – | – | – | – | – | 97 |
| 6–10 years | – | – | – | – | – | 93 |
| 11–14 years | – | – | – | – | – | 54 |
| India 2007 [48] | 97 | – | – | – | – | 97 |
| Vietnam 2005 [49] | 93 | – | – | – | 100 | 93 |
| Thailand 2005 [50] | 93 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 87 |
| Brazil 2006 [51] | 94 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 87 |
| Czechoslovakia 2000 [52] | 83 | 60 | 100 | – | – | 83 |
| South Africa 2009 [53] | 68 | 67 | 80 | – | – | 68 |
| Argentina 2003 [23] | 57 | 28 | 77 | 75 | 0 | 55 |
| Argentina 1995 [54] | 57 | 0 | 76 | 100 | 33 | 53 |
| 2–6 years | – | – | – | – | – | 80 |
| 7–15 years | – | – | – | – | – | 33 |
| U.K. 1992 [55] | 54 | 40 | 84 | 40 | 36 | 51 |
| United Arab Emirates 2008 [56] | – | – | – | – | – | 38 |
| USA 1993 [47] | 39 | 19 | 86 | – | 0 | 36 |
| UK 1993 [57] | – | 54 | 33 | – | – | 35 |
For each country, the first column shows the number (n°) of cases studied whereas the other columns show the percentages of positive cases. For each region of the world, the countries have been organized according to the percentage of positive cases studied, from the highest to the lowest. For each series, the reference for the publication is given after the year of publication
– absence of case, 0 no EBV-positive case