Subtyping of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I from tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-associated myelopathy patients in Mozambique

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-72

  Engelbrecht, Susan ^a   Koulinska, Irene ^b   Smith, Tracey Lee ^a   Robson, Brenda A ^a   Barreto, Jorge ^b   Van Rensburg, Estrelita J ^a,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^c Department of Medical Virology ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOZAMBIQUE; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0032938025     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299311736     Document Type: Article

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