Genetic variants of human T-lymphotropic virus type II in American Indian groups

Virology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-173

  Biggar, Robert J ^a,g   Taylor, Maria E ^b   Neel, James V ^c   Hjelle, Brian ^d   Levine, Paul H ^a   Black, Francis L ^e   Shaw, George M ^b   Sharp, Paul M ^f   Hahn, Beatrice H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g EPN 434 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

HTLV; HTLV II; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2;

EID: 0029864033     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0043     Document Type: Article

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