Phylogenetic subgroups of human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I in the tax gene and their association with different risks for HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1343-1349

  Furukawa, Yoshitaka ^a   Yamashita, Masahiro ^c   Usuku, Koichiro ^a   Izumo, Shuji ^b   Nakagawa, Masanori ^a   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A2 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; VIRUS GENE;

GENES, PX; HUMAN; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PHYLOGENY; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0033793259     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315897     Document Type: Article

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