In 1964, a group of scientists was using microscope to study the cells someone with disease called Burkitt’s lymphoma. They saw small particles inside and discovered they were viruses. This virus is now named Epstein-Barr virus, it causes infectious mononucleosis, also known as kissing disease. tricky because can have many symptoms that are common other diseases. Have you ever had sore throat f...

We studied Mycobacterium avium lymphadenopathy in 183 Swedish children (<7 years of age) from 1998 through 2003. Seasonal variation in the frequency of the disease, with a peak in October and a low point in April, suggests cyclic environmental factors. We also found a higher incidence of the disease in children who live close to water.

The disease is rare in childhood. In one study of 1,899 patients, 70 (3.68%) were less than 14 years and only 5 (0.26%) were below 7 years of age 2 . In our Institution, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 614 cases of paracoccidioi­ domycosis have been diagnosed. Among them there were 23 children (4.07%) aged less than 14 years. It is an essentially lymphatic disease in children, with additional g...

Background. To identify malignant cervical lymphadenopathy, we established a real-time, computerized scoring system based on sonographic findings and demo-

This study was conducted because of influence of prebiotics (alphamune) and symbiotic (biomin) on histometrical development of small intestine and lymphatic tissue of caecal tonsil have been not reported on broiler chicken. In this study, different parts of small intestine and caecal tonsil, which is a major area of gut associated lymphatic tissue (GALT) in chicken were selected. One hundred an...