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Evidence in Gabon for an intrafamilial clustering with mother-to-child and sexual transmission of a new molecular variant of human T-lymphotropic virus type-II subtype B.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 1996
Tuppin P, Gessain A, Kazanji M, Mahieux R, Cosnefroy J Y, Tekaia F, Georges-Courbot M C, Georges A, de Thé G
Abstract excerpt
Following the observation of an HTLV-II seropositive 60-year-old woman living in Gabon (Central Africa), a serologic and molecular study of her family members was conducted in an attempt to determine the duration of the HTLV-II infection and the modes of transmission of the virus. Among 41 family members, five were HTLV-I seropositive and 7 exhibited specific HTLV-II antibodies in their sera as demonstrated by...
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