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. 2025 Jul 13;26(14):6721. doi: 10.3390/ijms26146721
AIDS Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AMP Doxorubicin, ranimustine, prednisone
ATLL Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma
BKPyV Betapolyomavirus secuhominis polyoma virus
BL Burkitt’s lymphoma
BLV Bovine leukemia virus
CCC Covalently closed circular DNA
CDKs Cyclin-dependent kinases
CTCL Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
CTLs Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
DAAs Direct-acting antivirals
DLPCL Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
EBNA EBV nuclear antigen
EBV Epstein–Barr virus
GC Gastric carcinoma
GCF Gingival crevicular fluid
GM-CSF Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HAAP HTLV-I-associated arthropathy
HAM/TSP Myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis
HAV Hepatitis A virus
HBV Hepatitis B virus
HBZ HTLV-1 basic leucine zipper factor
HBcAg Core antigens
HBsAg Surface antigens
HBxAg X proteins
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HCV Hepatitis C virus
HHHV-8 Human rhadinovirus gamma-8
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
HL Hodgkin’s lymphoma
HNSCC Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
HPV Human papillomavirus
HPyV Human polyomaviruses
HSV-1 Herpes simplex virus 1
HTLV Human T-lymphotropic virus
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICTV International Committee of Taxonomy of Viruses
IFN-a Interferon-alpha
IM Infectious mononucleosis
IR Insulin resistance
IRIS Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
JAK/STAT Janus tyrosine kinase/signal transducer and transcription activator
JCPyV John Cunningham polyomavirus
KICS Inflammatory cytokine syndrome
KS Kaposi sarcoma
KSHV Kaposi-sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
LTA Lipoteichoic acid
LTRs Long terminal repeats
MAPKs Mitogen-activated protein kinases
MCC Merkel cell carcinoma
MCD Multicentric Castleman disease
MCPyV Alphapolyomavirus quintihominis polyomavirus
MLL Mixed-lineage leukemia
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
NPC Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
OLP Oral lichen planus
ORFs Open reading frames
OSCC Oral squamous cell carcinomas
PEL Primary effusion lymphoma
PML Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
PVL Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia
RNA Ribonucleic acid
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SCT Stem cell transplants
SSRNA Single-stranded RNA
SV40 Simian vacuolating virus 40
SVR Sustained virological response
T-VEC Talimogene laherparepvec
TLRs Toll-like receptors
VCAP Vincristine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone
VCEP Vindesine, etoposide, carboplatin, and prednisone
VLP Virus-like particle
WHO World Health Organization
c-ART Combined antiretroviral treatment
cccDNA Covalently closed circular DNA
pgRNA Pregenomic RNA
sgRNA Subgenomic RNA