The human HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 retroviruses: New members of the HTLV family

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-166

  Mahieux, R ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Emerging virus; HTLV; Interspecies transmission; Retrovirus; STLV; Tax; Transformation

Indexed keywords

TAX PROTEIN;

CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS TYPE 4; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DELTARETROVIRUS; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; PRIMATE DISEASES;

EID: 60649087528     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2008.02.015     Document Type: Review

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