Article
Familial transmission and minimal sequence variability of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Zaire.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Sept 1994
Liu H F, Vandamme A M, Kazadi K, Carton H, Desmyter J, Goubau P
Abstract excerpt
Our group previously reported a strong familial clustering of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in Zaire, suggesting a familial transmission of the virus together with the presence of cofactors. In the present study among 84 relatives of 16 HTLV-I-positive or HAM/TSP index cases, we found that all 15 seropositive children had a seropositive mother and that all 15 children with a...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Family
- Female
- Genes, pX
- Genes, pol
- Genetic Variation