病毒與腫瘤的關係非常密切,首先是在 1908 年,由 Ellerman 和 Bang 氏所建立。他們研究雞的白血病時,發現白血病雞的無細胞過濾萃取液能感染其他雞的白血病。之後,更在其他動物如鼷鼠、貓、猿及人類身上陸續地發現可過濾的
The close association between tumor and virus was established in 1908by Ellerman and Bang when they observed that chicken leukemia could betransmitted through noncellular extract from the afflicted fowl. As a result,