Virus |
Cancer |
Human papilloma viruses (HpVs) |
Cervical, penile, and vulvar cancers |
Hepatitis B virus |
Liver cancer |
Human T-cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) |
Adult T-cell leukemia |
Human T-cell leukemia virus 2 (HTLV-2) |
Hairy-cell leukemia |
Epstein–Barr virus |
Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharyngeal cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma |
Human herpes virus |
Kaposi sarcoma |
Merkel cell polyomavirus |
Merkel cell carcinoma |
Note: Some of these associations between cancer and viruses exist only in certain populations and geographic areas. |