DNA RNA VIRUSES

1. oncogenesis

2. RNA oncogenic viruses
VIRUS HOST ASSOCIATED TUMOUR
1. ACUTE TRANSFORMING VIRUSES
Rous sarcoma virus
Leukaemia-sarcoma virus
Chickens
Avian, feline, bovine, primate
Sarcoma
Leukaemias, sarcomas
2. SLOW TRANSFORMING VIRUSES
Mouse mammary tumour (Bittner milk
factor)
Mice, cats, bovine
Daughter mice
Leukaemias, lymphomas
Breast cancer
3. HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS
(HTLV)
HTLV-1
HTLV-2
Human
Human
Adult t-cell leukaemia lymphoma(ATLL)
T-CELL variant of hairy cell leukaemia
4. HEPATITIS C VIRUS
HCV Human Hepatocellular carcinoma

3. DNA oncogenic viruses
VIRUS HOST ASSOCIATED TUMOUR
1. PAPOVAVIRUSES
Human papilloma virus
Papiloma viruses
Polyma virus
Merkel cell polyoma virus
SV-40 virus
Humans
Cotton-tail rabbits
Bovine
Mice
Humans
Monkeys
Hamsters
Humans
Cervical cancer and its precursor lesions
Squamous cell carcinoma at other sites
Skins cancer in epidermodysplasia verruciformis
Papilomas (warts) on skin, lrynx, genitals (genital warts)
Papilomas (warts)
Alimentary tract cancer
Various carcinomas , sarcomas
Merkel cell carcinoma
Harmless
Sarcoma
?Mesothelioma

4. 2. HERPESVIRUSES
Epstein-Barr virus
Human herpesvirus 8
(Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus)
Humans
Humans
Barkitt lymphoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Kaposi sarcoma
Pleural effusion lymphoma
3. ADENOVIRUSES Hamsters Sarcomas
4. POXYVIRUSES Rabbits
Humans
Myxomatosis
Papilloma
5. HEPADNAVIRUSES
Hepatitis B Virus Humans Hepatocellular carcinoma

5. VIRUS CAUSING HUMAN CANCERS
VIRUS FAMILY VIRUS HUMAN CANCER
Papillomaviridae Human Papilloma virus Genital tumors
Squamous cell carcinoma
Oropharyngeal carcinoma
Herpesviridae Epstein- Barr virus Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Burkitt’s lymphoma
Hodgkin disease
B cell lymphoma
Human Herpes virus 8 Kaposi sarcoma
Hepadnaviridae Hepatitis B virus Hepatocellular carcinoma
Flaviviridae Hepatitis C virus Hepatocellular carcinoma
Retroviridae Human T cell lymphoma virus Adult T cell lymphoma
Human immunodeficiency virus AIDS related malignancies