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

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-32

  Tuppin, Philippe ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^a   Kazanji, Mirdad ^a   Mahieux, Renaud ^a   Cosnefroy, Jean Yves ^c   Tekaia, Fredj ^b   Georges Courbot, Marie Claude ^c   Georges, Alain ^c   De Thé, Guy ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Africa; Familial; HTLV II; Molecular variant; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GABON; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MALE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GABON; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHERS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029989574     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199601)48:1<22::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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