Defective human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) provirus in seronegative tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) patients

Virus Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-239

  Ramirez, E ^a   Fernandez, J ^a   Cartier, L ^b   Villota, C ^a   Rios, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Defective provirus; HTLV I; TSP HAM patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILE; DEFECTIVE VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PROVIRUSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 0037311381     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(02)00276-9     Document Type: Article

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