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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(16):1249; doi:10.1093/jnci/djg030
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Re: Cancer Incidence in Denmark Following Exposure to Poliovirus Vaccine Contaminated With Simian Virus 40

Regis A. Vilchez, Amy S. Arrington, Janet S. Butel

Affiliation of authors: R. A. Vilchez (Departments of Medicine and Molecular Virology and Microbiology), A. S. Arrington, J. S. Butel (Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Correspondence to: Regis A. Vilchez, MD, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, One Baylor Plaza, BCM-286, Rm. N1319, Houston, TX 77030 (e-mail: rvilchez@bcm.tmc.edu).

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We read with interest the recent article by Engels et al. (1) in which the authors performed a retrospective birth-cohort analysis in Denmark following exposure to poliovirus vaccine contaminated with simian virus 40 (SV40) to clarify whether SV40 infection increases risk of mesothelioma, choroid plexus tumors, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, or of cancers arising in children. The authors concluded that "exposure . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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