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IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
Series
70
Epstein-Barr Virus and Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpes Virus/Human Herpesvirus 8
Paperback
December 1997
9789283212706
More details
- Publisher
World Health Organization - Published
1st December 1997 - ISBN 9789283212706
- Language English
- Pages 524 pp.
- Size 6.75" x 9.5"
$66.00
Presents the results of an expert evaluation of the carcinogenic risk to humans posed by infection with two lymphotropic herpesviruses: Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8, a new human herpesvirus detected in 1994 in Kaposi's sarcoma associated with AIDS. The viruses are evaluated in separate monographs, which consider the biology of the virus, the epidemiology of infections, related animal viruses, and mechanistic studies in addition to abundant studies of cancer in humans.
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