Article
Questions on the evolution of primate T-lymphotropic viruses raised by molecular and epidemiological studies of divergent strains.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association - 1 Jan 1996
Goubau P, Vandamme A M, Desmyter J
Abstract excerpt
In human and simian T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV and STLV), collectively referred to as primate T-lymphotropic viruses (PTLV), four distinct clades can be distinguished: PTLV-I, PTLV-II, and the newly discovered divergent STLVs isolated from hamadryas baboons and from bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees)....
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Deltaretrovirus Infections
- Genetic Variation
- Haplorhini
- Hominidae
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 2
- Humans
- Pan troglodytes
- Papio
- Simian T-lymphotropic virus 1