Article
Molecular epidemiology of HTLV-I in the world.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association - 1 Jan 1996
Yamashita M, Ido E, Miura T, Hayami M
Abstract excerpt
The geographic distribution of human T-cell lymphotropic/leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) was initially believed to be limited to southwestern Japan, the Caribbean basin, and Africa. However, extensive searches in recent years have discovered its existence in other areas of the world as well as in...
Topics
- Africa
- Asia
- Deltaretrovirus Infections
- HTLV-I Infections
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
- Humans
- Japan
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Mutation
- North America
- Phylogeny
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- South America