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Evolutionary rate and genetic heterogeneity of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) using isolates from European injecting drug users.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 May 1998
Salemi M, Vandamme A M, Gradozzi C, Van Laethem K, Cattaneo E, Taylor G, Casoli C, Goubau P, Desmyter J, Bertazzoni U
Abstract excerpt
Seven new Italian and two new British HTLV-II isolates were obtained from injecting drug users and the entire long terminal repeat (LTR) region was sequenced. Restriction analysis showed that all the Italian isolates are of the IIb subtype, whereas the British isolates are of the IIa subtype. To understand whether the further differentiation of each two principal HTLV-II subtypes in several subgroups could be...
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