title: The natural history and evolution of human and simian T cell leukemia/lymphotropic viruses.
abstract: The past five years have seen significant advances in understanding the origin and evolution of human T-cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus types I and II. The highlights include the identification of human T-cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus types I and II genotypic variants in remote human populations and the discovery of widely divergent simian T-cell leukemia virus in African and Asian non-human primates.
authors: John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Dekaban
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Digilio
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Franchini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005843:Geography; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D015491:HTLV-II Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015367:Human T-lymphotropic virus 2 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D018419:Primate Diseases; D011323:Primates; D015303:Simian T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission