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Multiple recombinant events in human T-cell Leukemia virus Type 1: complete sequences of recombinant African strains.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2020
Cassar Olivier, Desrames Alexandra, Marçais Ambroise, Gout Olivier, Taylor Graham P, Hermine Olivier, Soriano Vicente, Mendoza Carmen de, Dehan Océane, Mener Margot Le, Afonso Philippe V, Gessain Antoine
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Africa is the largest endemic area for HTLV-1, with many molecular genotypes. We previously demonstrated that some strains from North Africa (a-NA clade) originated from a recombinant event between Senegalese and West African strains. A series of 52 new HTLV-1 strains from 13 North and West African countries were sequenced in the LTR region and/or a env gene fragment. Four samples from French Guyanese of African...
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