Isolation of a novel simian T-cell lymphotropic virus from Pan paniscus that is distantly related to the human T-cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus types I and II.

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An unusual serological profile against human T-cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus type I and II (HTLV-I and -II) proteins was reported in several human Pygmy tribes in Zaire and Cameroon with serum antibodies reactive with gp21 and p24. Here we describe a similar pattern of serum antibodies in a colony of captive pygmy chimpanzees and the isolation of a novel retrovirus, simian T-cell lymphotropic virus from Pan...

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