<unk>  <unk>  is the ninth known human<unk> ; its formal name according to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) is Human gammaherpesvirus 8, or HHV-8 in short. Like other<unk> es, its informal names are used interchangeably with its formal ICTV name. This virus causes<unk> 's<unk> , a cancer commonly occurring in AIDS patients, as well as primary effusion lymphoma, HHV-8-associated multicentric Castleman's disease and<unk>  inflammatory cytokine syndrome. It is one of seven currently known human cancer viruses, or oncoviruses. Even after so many years of discovery of<unk> /HHV8, there is no known cure for<unk><unk>  tumorigenesis.
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
Human T-lymphotropic virus 2
Trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
SV40 large T antigen
Human T-lymphotropic virus
Subtypes of HIV
Epstein–Barr virus viral-capsid antigen