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SV40

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008428

Simian virus 40. A virus that infects some types of monkeys. It may also infect humans, and was found in some polio vaccines tested in the early 1960s. Although the virus has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals, there is no evidence that it causes cancer in people. Also called simian virus 40.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008428
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionssimian virus 40
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "Simian virus 40. A virus that infects some types of monkeys. It may also infect humans, and was found in some polio vaccines tested in the early 1960s. Although the virus has been shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals, there is no evidence that it causes cancer in people. Also called simian virus 40.",
  "expansions": [
    "simian virus 40"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/sv40/"
}

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