Table 1.

Oncoviruses and their associate cancers

Virus	Taxonomy	DNA/RNA	Oncogenes	Tumour type
Adenovirus 12, 18	Adenoviridae	DNA	E1A, E1B	Solid tumours in rodents
BK virus	Papovaviridae	DNA	T antigens	Solid tumours in primates and rodents
EBV	Herpesviridae	DNA	LMP-1, BARF-1	Burkitt’s lymphoma Hodgkin’s lymphoma, stomach cancer nasopharyngeal carcinoma
HBV	Hepadriaviridae	DNA	HBx	Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatitis C	Flavaviridae	RNA	-	Hepatocellular carcinoma
HPV 16, 18, 21, 45	Papillomaviridae	DNA	E6, E7	Cervical, anal, oral cancers
hTCLV1	Retroviridae	RNA	Tax	Adult T-cell leukoma lymphoma
KHSV	Herpesviridae	DNA	vGPCR	Kaposi’s sarcoma
Merkel cell polyomaviridea	Papovaviridae	DNA	T antigen	Merkel cell carcinoma
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)	Cytomegaloviridae	Herpesviridae	DNA	Liver cancer