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Oncogenic viruses (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Cancer-causing viruses
- Cancer viruses
- Oncoviruses (Oncogenic viruses)
- Tumor viruses
- Tumorigenic viruses
See also:
- Broader heading: Viruses
- Viral carcinogenesis
Tumorigenic DNA viruses, c1989.
Wikipedia, Dec. 7, 2012 (Oncovirus. An oncovirus is a virus that can cause cancer. This term originated from studies of acutely transforming retroviruses in the 1950--60s, often called oncornaviruses to denote their RNA virus origin. It now refers to any virus with a DNA or RNA genome causing cancer and is synonymous with "tumor virus" or "cancer virus".)
2013 MeSH browser, viewed Dec. 7, 2012 (Oncogenic Viruses. Scope note: Viruses that produce tumors. UF Tumor Viruses)