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Genetic and phylogenetic analyses of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I variants from Melanesians with and without spastic myelopathy.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Jan 2000
Nerurkar V R, Song K J, Melland R R, Yanagihara R
Abstract excerpt
Molecular variants of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) have been isolated recently from lifelong residents of remote Melanesian populations, including a Solomon Islander with tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) or HTLV-I myeloneuropathy. To clarify the genetic heterogeneity and molecular epidemiology of disease-associated strains of HTLV-I, we enzymatically...
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