Molecular analysis of HTLV-I and HTLV-II isolates from Italian blood donors, intravenous drug users and prisoners

New Microbiologica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-104

  Ferrante, P ^a,b   Mancuso, R ^a   Zuffolato, R ^a   Puricelli, S ^a   Mannella, E ^c   Romano L ^b   Zanetti, A ^b   Cattaneo, E ^d   Corrao, V ^e  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Italian Red Cross   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e Casa Circondariale S Vittore   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA amplification; HTLV I subtypes; HTLV II subtypes; Human retroviruses; Molecular characterization; Risk groups

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRISONER; PROVIRUS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD DONORS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRISONERS; PROVIRUSES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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