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Detection of a major gene predisposing to human T lymphotropic virus type I infection in children among an endemic population of African origin.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2000
Plancoulaine S, Gessain A, Joubert M, Tortevoye P, Jeanne I, Talarmin A, de Thé G, Abel L
Abstract excerpt
Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is a human oncoretrovirus that causes an adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma and a chronic neuromyelopathy. To investigate whether familial aggregation of HTLV-I infection (as determined by specific seropositive status) could be explained in part by genetic f...
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