Oncovirus
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An oncovirus or oncogenic virus is a virus that can cause cancer. This term originated from studies of acutely transforming retroviruses in the 1950–60s, when the term oncornaviruses was used to denot
A micrograph showing cells with abnormal p53 expression (brown) in a brain tumor
Kaposi's sarcoma is a cancer that can form masses in the skin and is caused by the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also called HHV-8.
Major capsid protein L1 pentamer, Human papillomavirus 11
Rabbit with Shope papilloma virus infection
Epstein–Barr virus
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The Epstein–Barr virus, also known as human herpesvirus 4, is one of the nine known human herpesvirus types in the herpes family, and is one of the most common viruses in humans. EBV is a double-stran
Oncovirus
…little or no disease after infection in their hosts, or cause non-neoplastic diseases such as acute hepatitis for hepatitis B virus or mononucleosis for Epstein–Barr virus. A minority of persons (or animals) will go on to develop cancers after infection. This has complicated efforts to determine whether or not a given…
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