Tracing the origin of Brazilian HTLV-1 as determined by analysis of host and viral genes

AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 780-782

  Alcantara, Luiz C J ^a,b   Oliveira, Tulio De ^d   Gordon, Michelle ^c   Pybus, Oliver ^d   Mascarenhas, Rita Elizabeth ^a,b   Seixas, Magda O ^a   Gonçalves, Marilda ^a   Hlela, Carol ^e   Cassol, Sharon ^e   Galvão Castro, Bernardo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Bahia Foundation for Science Development   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, VIRAL; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33745106332     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000216383.14808.13     Document Type: Article

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