Viruses and cancer
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Micrograph showing an EBER (Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded small RNAs) positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Epstein-Barr virus is a virus that causes cancer. (WC)
This article deals with virus and cancer.
Several virus are known to cause cancer:[1]
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
- Hepatitis B virus.
- Hepatitis C virus.
- Human herpesvirus-8.
- Human lymphotropic virus type 1.
- Human papillomavirus (HPV).
- Merkel cell polyomavirus.
See also
References
- ↑ Holm A, Schindele A, Allard A, Eriksson I, Sandström K, Laurell G, Nylander K, Olofsson K (June 2019). "Mapping of human papilloma virus, p16, and epstein-barr virus in non-malignant tonsillar disease". Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol 4 (3): 285–291. doi:10.1002/lio2.260. PMC 6580074. PMID 31236460. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6580074/.