Complete nucleotide sequence of an African human T-lymphotropic virus type II subtype b isolate (HTLV-II-Gab): Molecular and phylogenetic analysis

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Letourneur, Franck ^a,f   D'Auriol, Luc ^a   Dazza, Marie Christine ^b   Peteers, Martine ^c   Bedjabaga, Issa ^d   Piot, Peter ^c   Delaporte, Eric ^b   Gessain, Antoine ^e   Monplaisir, Nicole ^a  

^a GENSET   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^e Institut Pasteur   (France)

^f INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS GENOME;

HTLV; HTLV II; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0031963723     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-2-269     Document Type: Article

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