Highly endemic human T-lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) infection in a Venezuelan Guahibo Amerindian group

Highly endemic human T-lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) infection in a Venezuelan Guahibo Amerindian group

Sera from 166 Guahibo Indians living in southwest Venezuela were screened by enzyme-linked immunoassay for antibodies to human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) I and II. Data suggest that the substrain infecting this Guahibo community belongs to the b sybtype, the most frequent among Paleo-Amerindia...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 1996-11, Vol.13 (3), p.281
Hauptverfasser: Leon-Ponte, Matilde, Noya, Oscar, Bianco, Nicolas, Echeverria de Perez, Gloria
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Sprache:eng
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Native Americans
Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:Sera from 166 Guahibo Indians living in southwest Venezuela were screened by enzyme-linked immunoassay for antibodies to human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) I and II. Data suggest that the substrain infecting this Guahibo community belongs to the b sybtype, the most frequent among Paleo-Amerindian populations.
ISSN:1525-4135
1944-7884