Clonality of HTLV-2 in natural infection.

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and type 2 (HTLV-2) both cause lifelong persistent infections, but differ in their clinical outcomes. HTLV-1 infection causes a chronic or acute T-lymphocytic malignancy in up to 5% of infected individuals whereas HTLV-2 has not been unequivocally linked to...

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Main Authors: Anat Melamed, Aviva D Witkover, Daniel J Laydon, Rachael Brown, Kristin Ladell, Kelly Miners, Aileen G Rowan, Niall Gormley, David A Price, Graham P Taylor, Edward L Murphy, Charles R M Bangham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3953477?pdf=render