title: Molecular evidence for transmission of human T-lymphotropic virus type II infection by a human bite.
abstract: Investigation of a human T-lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) infection in a female Australian blood donor identified a human bite as the likely mode of transmission, confirmed by nucleotide sequencing of the proviral tax/rex from both donor and contact. We believe this to be the first report of the transmission of an HTLV by a human bite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology and Biochemistry, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia.
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Bolton
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Kenrick
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Saksena
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001734:Bites, Human; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015491:HTLV-II Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission*; D015367:Human T-lymphotropic virus 2 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins