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viral carcinogenesis

Viral Carcinogenesis

Virus, when functioning as carcinogenic agent, utilize variety of carcinogenic mechanisms to transform human cells.

Direct transformation mechanism

When virus expresses viral oncogenes that can directly transform infected cells.

For example;  Human Papilloma virus (HPV); cause cervical cancer

Hepatitis C; Liver cancer, Non- Hodgkin's lymphoma

Transcription of viral RNA (by reverse transcriptase enzyme) into DNA.

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