Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 molecular variants, Vanuatu, Melanesia.
Four of 391 Ni-Vanuatu women were infected with variants of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Melanesian subtype C. These strains had env nucleotide sequences approximately 99% similar to each other and diverging from the main molecular subtypes of HTLV-1 by 6% to 9%. These strains were likely introduced during ancient human population movements in Melanesia.
Cassar
Olivier
O
Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, France.
Capuano
Corinne
C
Meertens
Laurent
L
Chungue
Eliane
E
Gessain
Antoine
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D009514:Vanuatu / Q000453:epidemiology