Herpes Viruses and Cancer
| Autor: | Keen A. Rafferty |
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| Rok vydání: | 1973 |
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Herpesvirus 4
Human viruses Biology medicine.disease_cause Prostate cancer Neoplasms medicine Animals Humans Lung cancer Herpesviridae Cervical cancer Multidisciplinary Rana pipiens Cancer medicine.disease Burkitt Lymphoma Virology Vaccination Herpes simplex virus Immunology Anura Oncogenic Viruses Chickens Kidney cancer Oncovirus |
| Zdroj: | Scientific American. 229:26-33 |
| ISSN: | 0036-8733 |
| Popis: | Type 2 herpes simplex virus belongs to the herpes virus group, members of which have been shown to cause cancer in animals -- kidney cancer in frogs, lymphoid cancer in chickens and rabbits, and lung cancer in sheep. A herpes virus causes Burkett's lymphoma in humans; another causes nasopharyngeal cancer in humans. Herpes simplex viruses are common in humans in cervical and vaginal sores in women and in the genital tract in men (an estimated 15% of men older than 15). It is transmitted venereally. Type 2 herpes simplex virus has been epidemiologically associated with cervical cancer. It has been found in prostate cancer cells. In a hybridization experiment with DNA from cervical cancer cells, DNA from type 2 herpes simplex virus was found, but 60% of the viral DNA molecule was missing. In the chicken lymphoid cancer caused by a herpes virus, live virus vaccine eradicated the disease. This suggests that, if type 2 herpes simplex virus is found to cause cervical cancer, a vaccination cure can be developed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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