Epidemiological Aspects and World Distribution of HTLV-1 Infection

The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), identified as the first human oncogenic retrovirus 30 years ago, is not an ubiquitous virus. HTLV-1 is present throughout the world, with clusters of high endemicity located often nearby areas where the virus is nearly absent. The main HTLV-1 highly e...

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Main Authors: Antoine eGessain, Olivier eCassar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00388/full