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Frequent mutation in pX region of HTLV-1 is observed in HAM/TSP patients, but is not specifically associated with the central nervous system lesions.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Sept 1995
Saito M, Furukawa Y, Kubota R, Usuku K, Sonoda S, Izumo S, Osame M, Yoshida M
Abstract excerpt
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is an etiologic agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Recently it has been reported that defective HTLV-1 provirus was detected frequently in the central nervous system (CNS) lesions of HAM/TSP patients. Here we investigated sequence variations of the pX region of HTLV-1 in the CNS and peripheral...
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