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...caused cancer. Poring over medical books in local libraries, they found no reference to a viral cause of non- Hodgkin's lymphoma. Instead, they came upon another cancer of immune-system cells, Burkitt's lymphoma, which afflicts black African children and is strongly associated with infection by the Epstein-Barr virus. Even though the stricken family is white, says the Georgia victim, "it was the only viral- caused cancer that we could find. Because of that and because of where our visitor came from, we started making the connection...
...researchers found that the aunt had become ill just before she left Africa and that blood samples from four of the twelve Americans she visited showed signs of recent Epstein-Barr virus infection. Genetic causes were ruled out because not all the victims were blood relations. Says Grufferman: "This is one of the best-documented cancer clusters worldwide, but it's difficult to investigate...
...difficulties is the mixed signal provided by the viral evidence. Signs of Epstein-Barr infection were found in one family member with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma but were absent in two of the other cancer victims (the fourth died before testing was done). Was some other virus, still undiscovered, responsible for the familial outbreak...
...standards of conservative Arizona, Evan Mecham had previously appeared four times on the ballot for Governor, so often that he became known as the "Harold Stassen of Arizona." Thus he was not taken all that seriously by the Republican establishment. This time around, everyone assumed that Burton Barr, the G.O.P. leader of the house who had the personal backing of Ronald Reagan, would easily capture the nomination and probably go on to win the governorship that Democrat Bruce Babbitt is vacating...
Business Manager: Allen M. Barr...