Highly Endemic Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type II (HTLV-II) Infection in a Venezuelan Guahibo Amerindian Group

Sera from 166 Guahibo Indians (55% of the population) living in southwest Venezuela were screened by enzyme-linked immunoassay for antibodies to human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) I and II. Positive samples were confirmed by immunofluorescence and Western blot. Forty-one Guahibos (24.8%) were fo...

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Published:	1996
Subjects:	HTLV-II Amerindians Polymerase chain reaction- Venezuela human T-cell lymphotropic virus immunofluorescence mononuclear cell pol gene
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10872/14573
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