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Tax gene characterization of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 strains from Brazilian HIV-coinfected patients.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Dec 2012
Magri Mariana Cavalheiro, Brigido Luis Fernando de Macedo, Rodrigues Rosangela, Morimoto Helena Kaminami, Caterino-de-Araujo Adele
Abstract excerpt
The tax gene of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) diverges among isolates according to geographic regions and has been classified into two genotypes: taxA and taxB. In Brazil, taxA is the most prevalent genotype in symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers. Few studies have been conducted in HIV-infected patients. The present study characterized the tax gene (1059 bp) in 13 Brazilian HIV-1/HTLV-1-coinfected...
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