Human T-lymphotropic virus type II in Japan

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Yoshizaki, Hitomi ^a   Kitamura, Katsuhiko ^a   Oki, Atsuko ^b   Yahara, Seiji ^b   Yamanaka, Retsuji ^b   Fukushima, Yoshiko ^a,c   Komuro, Katsutoshi ^c   Yamazaki, Shudo ^a   Honda, Mitsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HTLV II; Japanese blood donor; Seropositivity for HTLV II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030032168     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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