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Sequence analysis of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) Env genes amplified from central nervous system tissues of patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy or leukemia.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Nov 1995
Maroushek S R, Osame M, Izumo S, Kubota R, Sato E, Bartholomew C, Haase A T
Abstract excerpt
Human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is a retrovirus that has been linked to HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP), a chronic or inflammatory neurological disease with some resemblance to multiple sclerosis. We used the polymerase chain reaction to amplify viral env genes in foci of inflammation and demyelination in the nervous system to adduce additional evidence of the...
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