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Effects of host restriction factors and the HTLV-1 subtype on susceptibility to HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis.
Retrovirology - 19 Apr 2017
Nozuma Satoshi, Matsuura Eiji, Kodama Daisuke, Tashiro Yuichi, Matsuzaki Toshio, Kubota Ryuji, Izumo Shuji, Takashima Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is a prerequisite for the development of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), specific provirus mutations in HAM/TSP have not yet been reported. In this study, we examined whether HAM/TSP patients had the disease-specific genomic variants of HTLV-1 by analyzing entire sequences of HTLV-1 proviruses in these...
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