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The discovery of two new divergent STLVs has implications for the evolution and epidemiology of HTLVs.
Reviews in medical virology - 1 Jul 1999
Van Brussel M, Salemi M, Liu H F, Goubau P, Desmyter J, Vandamme A M
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We have isolated and characterised two divergent simian T-lymphotropic viruses (STLV), not belonging to the established human and simian T-lymphotropic virus lineages HTLV-1/STLV-1 and HTLV-2. STLV-L, from an Eritrean sacred baboon (Papio hamadryas), has been typed as a third type of simian T-lymphotropic virus, distinct from HTLV-1/STLV-1 and HTLV-2. The other virus, isolated from Congolese bonobos (Pan...
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