Discovery of a new human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-3) in Central Africa

Retrovirology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Calattini, Sara ^a   Chevalier, Sébastien Alain ^a   Duprez, Renan ^a   Bassot, Sylviane ^a   Froment, Alain ^b   Mahieux, Renaud ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; POL PROTEIN; PROTEIN P19; TAX PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RETROVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; SIMIAE; SIMIAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 3;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAMEROON; CELL LINE; DELTARETROVIRUS; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; GENE PRODUCTS, TAX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 3; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 27444438461     PISSN: 17424690     EISSN: 17424690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-2-30     Document Type: Article

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