HTLV-I worldwide patterns and disease associations

Gann Monographs on Cancer Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2003, Pages 339-361

  Maloney, Elizabeth M ^a   Blattner, William A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAX PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; BREAST FEEDING; CELL CYCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1 ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIVE DERMATITIS; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2942548929     PISSN: 00720151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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