Comparison between strains of human T lymphotropic virus type I isolated from inhabitants of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

doi:10.1093/infdis/164.3.443

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Comparison between strains of human T lymphotropic virus type I isolated from inhabitants of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 1991

Yanagihara R, Nerukar V R, Ajdukiewicz A B

Abstract excerpt

Strains of human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) isolated from T cell lines (SI-1, SI-3, and SI-5) from three individuals in separate regions of the Solomon Islands were compared with a variant (PNG-1) isolated from a healthy person in Papua New Guinea and a prototype strain from Japan (MT-2...

Topics

Adult
Antigens, Viral
Blotting, Southern
Cell Line
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Genes, Viral
HTLV-I Infections
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
Humans
Melanesia
Middle Aged
Papua New Guinea
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Restriction Mapping
Species Specificity

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PMID: 1869834
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/164.3.443

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