Human T-cell lymphotropic virus types I and II infections in patients with leukaemia/lymphoma and in subjects with sexually transmitted diseases in Nigeria

Archives of Virology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 345-355

  Olaleye, O D ^a,b   Ekweozor, C C ^a   Li, Z L ^b   Opala, I E ^a   Sheng, Z ^b   Onyemenem, T N ^a   Rasheed, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NIGERIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II ANTIBODIES; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIGERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

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

EID: 0030039701     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01718404     Document Type: Article

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