Common origin of human T-lymphotropic virus type-I from Iran, Kuwait, Israel, and La Reunion Island

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Voevodin, Alexander ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Institut Pasteur   (France)

Author keywords

DNA sequences; HTLV 1; Mashhad; RFLP analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; ISRAEL; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENES, POL; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; IRAN; ISRAEL; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REUNION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; IRANIA;

EID: 0031008103     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199705)52:1<77::AID-JMV12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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