IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Series 104

Malaria and Some Polyomaviruses (SV40, BK, JC and Merkell Cell Viruses)

Paperback
June 2015
9789283213277
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  • Publisher
    World Health Organization
  • Published
    3rd June 2015
  • ISBN 9789283213277
  • Language English
  • Pages 360 pp.
  • Size 6.625" x 9.5"
$66.00

This one-hundred-and-fourth volume of the IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans is the eighth volume devoted to infectious biological agents. Several have been recognized as major risk factors involved in the burden of cancer. In Volume 104, the IARC Monographs consider the following agents for the first time: malaria (a disease caused by infection with the Plasmodium parasite) and four polyomaviruses: the simian virus SV40, and the BK, JC, and Merkel cell polyomaviruses. Infection by these microorganisms concerns a very large proportion of the world population.

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