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. 2021 Jan 26;10(2):239. doi: 10.3390/cells10020239

Table 2.

Virally-Induced Cancers in Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Virus Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
Human papillomaviruses 12.1% 15.4%
Hepatitis B and C virus * 2.9% 2.7%
Epstein–Barr virus 2.0% 1.9%
Human T cell leukaemia virus 1 0.1% 0.2%
Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus 3.1% 4.2%
Human immunodeficiency virus 1 0.6% 0.8%
Total 20.8% 25.2%

* Collective data for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) [13].