This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Clyde R. Goodheart, MD

JAMA. 1970;211(1):91-96.

Abstract
The herpesviruses form a large group with many common properties. Many animal species have one or more distinct herpesviruses. Strong evidence is available that at least two nonhuman herpesviruses are able to induce malignancy in nonhuman vertebrates, and weak but suggestive evidence exists for four others. There is also suggestive evidence for an association of two herpesviruses with human malignancies. Because proper experiments cannot be done with oncogenic viruses in humans, studies with oncogenic herpesviruses of other animals are extremely important to understanding human cancer.

Author Affiliations
From the Institute for Biomedical Research-Education and Research Foundation, American Medical Association.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to 535 N Dearborn St, Chicago 60610. (Dr. Goodheart).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Herpes Zoster in Children
Rogers and Tindall
Arch Dermatol 1972;106:204-207.
ABSTRACT