Table 2.

HCV prevalence by type of B-NHL

Type of B-NHL
No. patients
No. HCV+
% HCV+
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma   205   39   19.0  
Burkitt/Burkitt-like lymphoma   10   2   20.0  
Mantle cell lymphoma   15   2   13.3  
Small lymphocytic lymphoma*  18   2   11.1  
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma†  13   4   30.8  
Follicular lymphoma   79   11   13.9  
MALT§ lymphoma   25   3   12.0  
Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma‡  15   4   26.6  
Unspecified B-cell lymphoma   20   3   15.0  
Total
 		 400
 		 70
 		 17.5
 
Type of B-NHL
No. patients
No. HCV+
% HCV+
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma   205   39   19.0  
Burkitt/Burkitt-like lymphoma   10   2   20.0  
Mantle cell lymphoma   15   2   13.3  
Small lymphocytic lymphoma*  18   2   11.1  
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma†  13   4   30.8  
Follicular lymphoma   79   11   13.9  
MALT§ lymphoma   25   3   12.0  
Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma‡  15   4   26.6  
Unspecified B-cell lymphoma   20   3   15.0  
Total
 		 400
 		 70
 		 17.5
 
*

Excludes B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia and prolymphocytic leukemia

†

Includes Waldenström macroglobulinemia

‡

Four nodal, 11 splenic

§

Mucose-associated lymphoid tissue

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