Presents the results of an expert evaluation of the carcinogenic risk to
humans posed by infection with two lymphotropic herpesviruses:
Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8,
a new human herpesvirus detected in 1994 in Kaposi's sarcoma associated
with AIDS. The viruses are evaluated in separate monographs, which
consider the biology of the virus, the epidemiology of infections,
related animal viruses, and mechanistic studies in addition to abundant
studies of cancer in humans.