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HTLV-1 proviral integration sites differ between asymptomatic carriers and patients with HAM/TSP.
Virology journal - 30 Sept 2014
Niederer Heather A, Laydon Daniel J, Melamed Anat, Elemans Marjet, Asquith Becca, Matsuoka Masao, Bangham Charles R M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HTLV-1 causes proliferation of clonal populations of infected T cells in vivo, each clone defined by a unique proviral integration site in the host genome. The proviral load is strongly correlated with odds of the inflammatory disease HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). There is evidence that asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers (ACs) have a more effective CD8 + T cell...
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