For Burkitt lymphoma, HIV may directly drive oncogenesis through its immunomodulation and engagement of C-C motif chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) (Samson et al., 1996; Silverberg et al., 2007; Bohlius et al., 2009; Martorelli et al., 2015; Shindiapina et al., 2020). Here, CCR5 is linked to Burkitt lymphoma.