The first human retroviruses: are there others?
Three related, but very different, retroviruses have recently been identified in man. Human T-cell leukaemia virus (HTLV) type I apparently causes adult T-cell leukaemia. HTLV type II has been isolated only rarely and has not been identified with a disease. HTLV type III is very likely the causative agent in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006678:HIV; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; D015367:Human T-lymphotropic virus 2; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000382:microbiology*