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Table 1 Association between autoimmune diseases, neoplasms and pathogens as found by NCBI MeSH.

From: Concept and application of a computational vaccinology workflow

pathogen

autoimmune disease

# co-occurrence

pathogen

neoplasm

# co-occurrence

Measles virus

Multiple Sclerosis

384

Papillomaviridae

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

5854

Herpesvirus 4, Human

Arthritis, Rheumatoid

279

Helicobacter pylori

Stomach Neoplasms

3231

Campylobacter jejuni

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

167

Papillomaviridae

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell

2252

Enterovirus B, Human

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

164

Papillomaviridae

Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia

1922

Campylobacter jejuni

Polyradiculoneuropathy

150

Herpesvirus 4, Human

Cell Transformation, Viral

1899

Herpesvirus 4, Human

Multiple Sclerosis

136

Herpesvirus 4, Human

Burkitt Lymphoma

1853

Herpesvirus 4, Human

Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic

126

Hepatitis B virus

Liver Neoplasms

1673

Helicobacter pylori

Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic

124

Hepatitis B virus

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

1615

Theilovirus

Multiple Sclerosis

118

Herpesvirus 4, Human

Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms

1518

Herpesvirus 6, Human

Multiple Sclerosis

113

Herpesvirus 8, Human

Sarcoma, Kaposi

1391

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Arthritis, Rheumatoid

110

Hepacivirus

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

1005

Escherichia coli

Arthritis, Rheumatoid

101

Hepacivirus

Liver Neoplasms

996

Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Multiple Sclerosis

74

Herpesvirus 4, Human

Hodgkin Disease

975

Streptococcus pyogenes

Arthritis, Rheumatoid

61

Simian virus 40

Cell Transformation, Viral

860

Human T-lymphotropic virus 1

Multiple Sclerosis

61

Herpesvirus 4, Human

Lymphoma

753

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

61

Oncogenic Viruses

Neoplasms

720

Rubella virus

Multiple Sclerosis

61

Helicobacter pylori

Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone

704

  1. Table 1 lists the most frequent co-occurrences found between disease (autoimmune disorders and malignancies) and pathogen terms according to MeSH term mining of scientific literature given in Medline. HHV4 (EBV) entries are given in bold.