Community-based molecular epidemiology of HTLV type I in Taiwan and Kinmen: Implication of the origin of the cosmopolitan subtype in northeast Asia

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-237

  Chen, Yi Ming A ^a   Ting, Sing Tho ^a   Lee, Cheng Ming ^a   Liu, Wu Tse ^a   Pan, Wen Harn ^b   Cheng, Andrew T A ^b   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAR EAST; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0033039960     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088922299311402     Document Type: Article

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