HTLV-II infection associated with a chronic neurodegenerative disease: Clinical and molecular analysis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 253-257

  Silva, Edimilson A ^a   Otsuki, Koko ^b   Leite, Ana Claudia B ^c   Alamy, Alexandre H ^b   S Carvalho, Daniel ^a   Vicente, Ana Carolina P ^a,b  

^a HEMORIO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HTLV IIa; Myelopathy; PCR; Provirus; Subtyping

Indexed keywords

TAX PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HYPERREFLEXIA; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROVIRUS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD LESION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0036138250     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.2138     Document Type: Article

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