Molecular epidemiology of 58 new African human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) strains: Identification of a new and distinct HTLV-1 molecular subtype in Central Africa and in pygmies

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1317-1333

  Mahieux, Renaud ^a   Ibrahim, Fera ^a   Mauclere, Philippe ^d   Herve, Vincent ^e   Michel, Philippe ^f   Tekaia, Fredj ^b   Chappey, Colombe ^g   Garin, Benoît ^a   Van Der Ryst, Elna ^b,h   Guillemain, Bernard ^c   Ledru, Eric ⁱ   Delaporte, Eric ^c   De The, Guy ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

ⁱ CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031023572     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.2.1317-1333.1997     Document Type: Article

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