Oncovirus

As oncoviruses ( singular: oncovirus ), oncogenic viruses or tumor viruses is generally called tumor-initiating ( " cancer-causing " ) viruses. Formerly a certain subgroup of retroviruses has been so designated. This classification of retroviruses is deprecated.

The name of the virus indicates their ability to affect tumor initiating ( tumorigenic ). The human oncoviruses in the broader sense:

  • Epstein -Barr virus (EBV)
  • The hepatitis B virus ( HBV)
  • Hepatitis C virus ( HCV)
  • The human herpes virus 5 (HHV -5, causes epidermodysplasia verruciformis )
  • The human herpes virus 8 (HHV -8, Kaposi 's sarcoma herpesvirus, KSHV )
  • The human papillomavirus (HPV ) (in particular HPV -16 and HPV -18)
  • The Human T lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV -1)
  • The Human polyomavirus 1
  • The Human polyomavirus 2
  • Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV or MCPyV )
  • The simian virus 40 ( SV40), a zoonosis
  • Single adenoviruses in non- natural host species, but not in humans.

Together, these oncoviruses worldwide are responsible for 10 to 15 percent of all human cancers, according to estimates of the American Cancer Society even for around 17% of cancer cases.

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