Molecular evidence for infection by HTLV-2 among individuals with negative serological screening tests for HTLV antibodies

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 604-609

  Ishak, R ^a,d   Vallinoto, A C R ^a   Azevedo, V N ^a   Vicente, A C P ^b   Hall, W W ^c   Ishak, M O G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INDIAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BRAZIL; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II ANTIBODIES; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA VIRUSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247470767     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006984     Document Type: Article

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