Characteristic distribution of HTLV type I and HTLV type II carriers among native ethnic groups in South America

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1235-1239

  Fujiyoshi, Toshinobu ^a   Li, Hong Chuan ^a   Lou, Hong ^a   Yashiki, Shinji ^a   Karino, Shigeyuki ^b   Zaninovic, Vladimir ^c   Oneegllo, Sonia Guillen ^d   Camacho, Mirtha ^e   Andrade, Ronald ^e   Hurtado, Luisa Valentina ^e   Gomez, Luis Hurtado ^e   Damiani, Esther ^e   Cartier, Luis ^f   Dipierri, Jose Edgardo ^g   Hayami, Masanori ^h   Sonoda, Shunro ^a   Tajima, Kazuo ⁱ  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^d The Bioanthropology Foundation Peru   (Peru)

^e Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032820447     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299310124     Document Type: Article

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