Article
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.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1994
Giri A, Markham P, Digilio L, Hurteau G, Gallo R C, Franchini G
Abstract excerpt
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 co...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Surface
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line
- DNA, Viral
- Fetal Blood
- Hominidae
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 2
- Humans
- Lymphocytes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pan troglodytes
- Phenotype