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 | Â |
| Â | SV40 | Mesothelioma and Colon tumors | Â |
| Â | MCPyV | Merkel cell carcinoma | Â |
Hepadnaviridae | HBV | Hepatocellular carcinoma | √ |
Flaviviridae | HCV | Hepatocellular carcinoma | Â |
Herpesviridae | EBV | Nasopharingeal carcinoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases | Â |
| Â | HHV-8 | Kaposis's sarcoma, Primary effusion lymphoma | Â |
Retroviridae | HTLV-1 | Adult T-cell leukemia | Â |