Infections causing human cancer

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zur Hausen Harald
Published: Wiley-VCH John Wiley [distributor],
Publisher Address: Weinheim Chichester
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiv, 517 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 3527310568 (hbk.)
9783527310562 (hbk.)
Index Number: R730
CLC: R730.2
Call Number: R730.2/Z962
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical review -- The Quest for causality -- Tumors linked to infections: some general aspects -- Herpesviruses and oncogenesis -- Papillomavirus infections: a major cause of human cancers -- Hepadnaviruses -- Flaviviruses -- Retrovirus family -- Other virus infections possibly involved in human cancers -- Helicobacter, chronic inflammation, and cancer -- Parasites and human cancers -- Cancers with a possible infectious etiology.