title: 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.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahieux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Thé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gessain
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D001938:Brazil; D017691:Caribbean Region; D016355:Genes, pX; D005838:Genotype; D005843:Geography; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D007564:Japan; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D017354:Point Mutation