Table 1

Human viruses associated with cancer development.

Virus family

Virus

Human tumors

Vaccine


Papillomaviridae

HPV16/18

Cervical, Anogenital and Oesophageus tumors

Polyomaviridae

JCV

Brain and Colon tumors

SV40

Mesothelioma and Colon tumors

MCPyV

Merkel cell carcinoma

Hepadnaviridae

HBV

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Flaviviridae

HCV

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Herpesviridae

EBV

Nasopharingeal carcinoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases

HHV-8

Kaposis's sarcoma, Primary effusion lymphoma

Retroviridae

HTLV-1

Adult T-cell leukemia


Bergonzini et al. Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:11   doi:10.1186/1750-9378-5-11

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