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Ex Vivo Infection of Live Tissue with Oncolytic Viruses
Published on: June 25, 2011
Viruses and tumours--an update
Simon J Talbot1, Dorothy H Crawford
1Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, R(D)SVS, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH, UK. stalbot@ed.ac.uk
Abstract:
In the 40 years since the publication of the article by Harris (Eur J Cancer 1965, 1, 183-188), considerable progress has been made towards the understanding of the contribution of infectious agents to the development of tumours. It is estimated that 15-20% of human malignancies may have an infectious aetiology. This article attempts to summarise the current level of our knowledge with respect to tumour-associated viruses, and to place this in the context of the earlier article by Harris (Eur J Cancer 1965, 1, 183-188).
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