African origin of human T-lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) supported by a potential new HTLV-2d subtype in congolese Bambuti Efe Pygmies

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 4327-4340

  Vandamme, Anne Mieke ^a,c   Salemi, Marco ^a   Van Brussel, Marianne ^a   Liu, Hsin Fu ^a   Van Laethem, Kristel ^a   Van Ranst, Marc ^a   Michels, Ludovic ^b   Desmyter, Jan ^a   Goubau, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Appin Commun Interculturelle A   (Congo)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGO; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 0031957327     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.4327-4340.1998     Document Type: Article

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