HTLV-2B strains, similar to those found in several Amerindian tribes, are endemic in central African Bakola Pygmies

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1316-1323

  Mauclère, Philippe ^a   Afonso, Philippe Vicente ^a,e   Meertens, Laurent ^a   Plancoulaine, Sabine ^a,c   Calattini, Sara ^a   Froment, Alain ^d   Van Beveren, Monique ^a   De Thé, Guy ^a   Quintana Murci, Lluis ^b   Mahieux, Renaud ^a,c   Gessain, Antoine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2B; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION GROUPS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954583608     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir031     Document Type: Article

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