Evidence for a post-Columbian introduction of human T-cell lymphotropic virus in Latin America

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2695-2708

  Van Dooren, S ^a   Gotuzzo, E ^b   Salemi, M ^a   Watts, D ^c   Audenaert, E ^a   Duwe, S ^d   Ellerbrok, H ^d   Grassmann, R ^e   Hagelberg, E ^f   Desmyter, J ^a   Vandamme, A M ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c California   (Peru)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE I; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 15444349025     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-11-2695     Document Type: Article

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