Virus | Taxonomy | Genome | Human cancer |
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HPV | Papillomaviridae | dsDNA | Cervical cancer, Anal cancer, Penis cancer, Head and neck carcinoma |
EBV | Herpesviridae | dsDNA | Burkitt’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Posttransplantation lymphoma, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
KSHV (HHV-8) | Herpesviridae | dsDNA | Kaposi’s sarcoma, Pleural effusion lymphoma, Multicentric Castleman’s disease |
HBV | Hepadnaviridae | dsDNA | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
HCV | Flaviviridae | ssRNA | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
HTLV-1 | Retroviridae | ssRNA-dsDNA | Adult T-cell leukemia |
MCV | Polyomaviridae | dsDNA | Merkel cell carcinoma |
SV40 | Polyomaviridae | dsDNA | Mesothelioma and colon tumors |
JCV | Polyomaviridae | dsDNA | Brain and colon tumors |
BKV | Polyomaviridae | dsDNA | Prostate and brain tumors |
Adenovirus | Adenoviridae | dsDNA | Several serotypes can transform human and rodent cells and cause malignant tumors upon injection into rodents |