Molecular evidence of HTLV-1 intrafamilial transmission in a non-endemic area in Argentina

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 386-390

  Gastaldello, R ^a   Otsuki, K ^b   Barbas, M G ^a   Vicente, A C P ^b   Gallego, S ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; HTLV 1; Intrafamilial transmission; Molecular evidence

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVELOPE GENE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROVIRUS; SEROLOGY; TAX GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARGENTINA; DNA, VIRAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; GENES, ENV; GENES, PX; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; PROVIRUSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 20044391621     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20370     Document Type: Article

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