Evaluation of real time PCR technique to diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in patients in the Hematologia da Fundação Hemope Hospital, in Northeastern Brazil Avaliação da técnica de PCR em tempo real para o diagnóstico do virus linfotrópico tipo I de células T humana (HTLV-I) em pacientes do Hospital de Hematologia da Fundação Hemope, no Nordeste do Brasil
As a high degree of homology exists between the proviral genomes of HTLV-I and HTLV-II, there is significant cross-reactivity. Therefore although detection of HTLV antibodies is characteristic of viral infection, it is not sufficient to confirm the presence of the viral type. Molecular tests used to...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2008-10-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842008000500011 |