Molecular evidence of HTLV-II subtype B among an urban population living in South Brazil

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-306

  Pollo Renner, Jane Dagmar ^a   Pereira Laurino, Jomar ^a   Menna Barreto, Márcio ^a   Minghelli Schmitt, Virgínia ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2 SUBTYPE B; INDIAN; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; URBAN AREA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAZIL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; URBAN POPULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646158890     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.301     Document Type: Article

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