New strain of human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type 3 in a pygmy from Cameroon with peculiar HTLV serologic results

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-564

  Calattini, Sara ^a,e   Betsem, Edouard ^a,c   Bassot, Sylviane ^a   Chevalier, Sébastien Alain ^a   Mahieux, Renaud ^a,d   Froment, Alain ^b   Gessain, Antoine ^a,f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^c Universite de Yaounde I Faculte de Medecine   (Cameroon)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAMEROON; DELTARETROVIRUS; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 61849171121     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596206     Document Type: Article

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