Article
Phylogenetic classification of human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus type I genotypes in five major molecular and geographical subtypes.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Dec 1994
Vidal A U, Gessain A, Yoshida M, Tekaia F, Garin B, Guillemain B, Schulz T, Farid R, De Thé G
Abstract excerpt
Proviral DNA was obtained from ex vivo peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 75 human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I)-infected individuals who were either asymptomatic or had adult T cell leukaemia or tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy. Amplified long termin...
Topics
- Africa
- Base Sequence
- Caribbean Region
- Carrier State
- DNA, Viral
- Genome, Viral
- Genotype
- HTLV-I Infections
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
- Humans
- Iran
- Leukemia, T-Cell
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic