Esophageal brushing samples -> Illumina -> bioinfo. More than fifteen viral families detected in the esophagus. Five detected in 2 more more samples. Cyco-like viruses identified in 13/50 samples-- non enveloped sequence. All metagenomce sequences branch out separate from NCBI sequences (mostly from stools). - Erick Matsen

Torque teno virus identified in 15/50 samples. First found in patients with Hep. Well mixed with DB sequences. - Erick Matsen

HPV- identified in 3/50 samples. Human adenovirus in 23/50 samples, and HHV 4 in 15/50 samples. - Erick Matsen

HPV is only found in cancer patients, but everything else does not distinguish. It does appear that heavy viral load does correspond with negative outcomes. - Erick Matsen

They think that lots of viruses can either cause cell death or transition to cancer. - Erick Matsen