Globin haplotypes of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-infected individuals in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, suggest a post-Columbian African origin of this virus

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 536-542

  Alcantara Jr , Luiz Carlos ^a,b   Van Dooren, Sonia ^e   Gonçalves, Marilda Souza ^a   Kashima, Simone ^d   Ramos Costa, Maria Cristina ^d   Neves Santos, Fred Luciano ^a,b   Bittencourt, Achilea Lisboa ^c   Dourado, Inês ^c   Filho, Antonio Andrade ^b,c   Tadeu Covas, Dimas ^d   Vandamme, Anne Mieke ^e   Galvão Castro, Bernardo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d Brazil Blood Ctr of Ribeirao Preto   (Brazil)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Bantu; HTLV I; LTR; Salvador Brazil; Southern Africa; globin haplotypes

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038298315     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200308010-00016     Document Type: Article

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