Table 1 |
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Human viruses associated with cancer development. |
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Virus family |
Virus |
Human tumors |
Vaccine |
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Papillomaviridae |
HPV16/18 |
Cervical, Anogenital and Oesophageus tumors |
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Polyomaviridae |
JCV |
Brain and Colon tumors |
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SV40 |
Mesothelioma and Colon tumors |
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MCPyV |
Merkel cell carcinoma |
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Hepadnaviridae |
HBV |
Hepatocellular carcinoma |
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Flaviviridae |
HCV |
Hepatocellular carcinoma |
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Herpesviridae |
EBV |
Nasopharingeal carcinoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases |
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HHV-8 |
Kaposis's sarcoma, Primary effusion lymphoma |
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Retroviridae |
HTLV-1 |
Adult T-cell leukemia |
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Bergonzini et al. Infectious Agents and Cancer 2010 5:11 doi:10.1186/1750-9378-5-11 |
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