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Title
Contamination of poliovirus vaccines with simian virus 40 (1955-1963) and subsequent cancer rates.
Authors
Strickler, H D; Rosenberg, P S; Devesa, S S; Hertel, J; Fraumeni, J F, Jr; Goedert, J J
Abstract
Poliovirus vaccine contaminated with live simian virus 40 (SV40), a macaque polyomavirus that is tumorigenic in rodents, was used extensively in the United States between 1955 and 1963. Simian virus 40 DNA has recently been detected in several rare human tumors, including ependymomas, osteosarcomas, and mesotheliomas.