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Phylogenetic analysis of HTLV-1 in Iranian blood donors, HIV-1 positive patients and patients with beta thalassemia.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2018
Pirayeshfard Leila, Sharifi Zohreh, Amini-Kafiabad Sedigheh, Haghnazari Sadaghiani Nasrin
Abstract excerpt
Human T-cell lymphoma virus (HTLV) has been associated with various disease types. Since the discovery of the virus in 1980, seven subtypes of the virus have been identified. HTLV is widespread and endemic in some regions, such as Japan, Africa, South America, and northeast Iran. This study aimed to identify HTLV-1 genotype and also to analyze the nucleotide sequence of the LTR region in three groups, including...
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