Genetic evidence of transmission of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 between spouses

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 691-695

  Iga, Mutsunori ^a   Okayama, Akihiko ^a   Stuver, Sherri ^e   Matsuoka, Masao ^c   Mueller, Nancy ^e   Aoki, Manabu ^d   Mitsuya, Hiroaki ^d   Tachibana, Nobuyoshi ^b   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki College of Medicine   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 46; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROVIRUSES; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS, ONCOGENIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPOUSES;

EID: 0036499209     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339002     Document Type: Article

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