Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Molecular Variants, Vanuatu, Melanesia

Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Molecular Variants, Vanuatu, Melanesia

Four of 391 Ni-Vanuatu women were infected with variants of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Melanesian subtype C. These strains had env nucleotide sequences ≈99% similar to each other and diverging from the main molecular subtypes of HTLV-1 by 6% to 9%. These strains were likely introduc...

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Main Authors: Olivier Cassar, Corinne Capuano, Laurent Meertens, Eliane Chungue, Antoine Gessain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
molecular epidemiology
Human retrovirus
HTLV-1
Melanesia
Vanuatu
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/5/04-1015_article

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