Endemic Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type II Infection among Isolated Brazilian Amerindians

Evidence for human T celllymphotropic viruses (HTLV) was sought in sera and cells collected from adults in 13 isolated South and Central American Indian tribes. Serologic tests identified frequent HTLV-II-Iike reactivity among the Cayapo and Kraho tribes, who live 330 km apart in Central Brazil. Pol...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infectious diseases 1992-07, Vol.166 (1), p.100-107
Hauptverfasser:	Maloney, Elizabeth M., Biggar, Robert J., Neel, James V., Taylor, Maria E., Hahn, Beatrice H., Shaw, George M., Blattner, William A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors AIDS/HIV Animal age determination Antibodies Base Sequence Biological and medical sciences Blood plasma Brazil - epidemiology DNA, Viral - blood Female HTLV-II Antibodies - blood HTLV-II Infections - epidemiology Human T lymphotropic virus 1 Human T lymphotropic virus 2 Human T-lymphotropic virus 2 - genetics Human T-lymphotropic virus 2 - immunology Humans Immunoblotting Indians, South American Infections Infectious diseases Major Articles Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Native Americans Oligonucleotide Probes - chemistry Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence Sex Factors T lymphocytes Viruses
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