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Microbes and cancer: Viruses, bacteria y parasites Those that cause cancer and those that help us fight it
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About Microbes And Cancer: Viruses, Bacteria Y Parasites
Cancer-related microorganisms include viruses, bacteria, and parasites. They have a significant impact as a cause of cancer, with an estimated weight of 13% worldwide. In poorer countries these infections can cause up to 30% of cancers. Viruses include Epstein Barr, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes, human papillomavirus, human T-cell leukemia virus 1 and Merkel's T-cell polyomavirus. Among the bacteria are Helicobacter pylori, Salmonella typhimurium, Streptococcus bovis, Bartonella, Chlamydia pneumoniae, psittaci and trachomatis, Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxigenic, Borrelia burgdorferi, Escherichia coli, Mycoplasma spp and Mycoplasma genitalium, Clostridia spp and Ruminococcus. Other agents are the protozoan plasmodium falciparum, the schistosomas mansoni, japonicum and haematobium and the trematodes Opisthorchis viverrini, Opisthorchis felineus and Clonorchis sinensis. Through genetic manipulation and with the important advances in genetic engineering, achievements are being made in immunotherapy, oncolytic virotherapy and bacterial therapy against cancer. Undoubtedly, this microscopic universe in which some microbes make us sick with cancer and others help us cure them has captured the attention of scientists and every day more time and resources are devoted to research. It is an area of work that can contribute significantly to current efforts to cure cancer.
