The tax mutation at nucleotide 7959 of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is not associated with tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1-associated myelopathy but is linked to the cosmopolitan molecular genotype

J Virol. 1995 Sep;69(9):5925-7. doi: 10.1128/JVI.69.9.5925-5927.1995.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Africa
  • Brazil
  • Caribbean Region
  • Genes, pX*
  • Genotype
  • Geography
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / genetics*
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / isolation & purification
  • Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / pathogenicity*
  • Humans
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / physiopathology
  • Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / virology*
  • Point Mutation*