Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 molecular variants, Vanuatu, Melanesia.

ABSTRACT: Four of 391 Ni-Vanuatu women were infected with variants of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Melanesian subtype C. These strains had env nucleotide sequences approximately 99% similar to each other and diverging from the main molecular subtypes of HTLV-1 by 6% to 9%. These strains were likely introduced during ancient human population movements in Melanesia.

SUBMITTER: Cassar O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3320372 | biostudies-literature | 2005 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature