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Human T-lymphocyte transformation with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 1998
Tarsis S L, Yu M T, Parks E S, Persaud D, Muñoz J L, Parks W P
Abstract excerpt
Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 2 (HTLV-2), a common infection of intravenous drug users and subpopulations of Native Americans, is uncommon in the general population. In contrast with the closely related HTLV-1, which is associated with both leukemia and neurologic disorders, HTLV-2 lacks a strong etiologic association with disease. HTLV-2 does shares many properties with HTLV-1, including in vitro...
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