Inferences about the global scenario of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection using data mining of viral sequences

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is mainly associated with two diseases: tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) and adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma. This retrovirus infects five-10 million individuals throughout the world. Previously, we developed a databa...

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Main Authors: Thessika Hialla Almeida Araujo, Fernanda Khouri Barreto, Alcântara Luiz Carlos Júnior, Aline Cristina Andrade Mota Miranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000400448&lng=en&tlng=en