Complete nucleotide sequence of the Italian human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II isolate Gu and phylogenetic identification of a possible origin of South European epidemics

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1193-1201

  Salemi, Marco ^a   Vandamme, Anne Mieke ^b   Guano, Fulvio ^a   Gradozzi, Chiara ^a   Cattaneo, Ercole ^c   Casoli, Claudio ^d   Bertazzoni, Umberto ^a,e,f  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Patologia Medica   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

HTLV; HTLV II; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0029991654     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-6-1193     Document Type: Article

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