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Current Epidemiological Evidence for Transmission of Hodgkin's Disease¹

Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 [P. G. S.],and Departments of Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calfornia 90007 [M. C. P.]

The epidemiological evidence relating to the possibility of person-to-person transmission of Hodgkin's disease is reviewed. A number of studies are found to be difficult to interpret because of the absence of control data. It is concluded that, although certain studies are consistent with the hypothesis of person-to-person transmission, the evidence is at present weak and further epidemiological studies are needed.

¹ Presented at the symposium "Immunological Control of Virus-associated Tumors in Man: Prospects and Problems," April 7 to 9, 1975, Bethesda, Md. Supported by Contract PH43-NCl-68-1030 within the Virus Cancer Program of the National Cancer Institute, NIH, USPHS.

² Presenter.