| Literature DB >> 9696872 |
G Zehender1, L Meroni, S Varchetta, C De Maddalena, B Cavalli, M Gianotto, A B Bosisio, C Colasante, G Rizzardini, M Moroni, M Galli.
Abstract
We investigated the presence of human T-lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) DNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell subsets obtained from 18 patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and HTLV-2, 6 of whom also had predominantly sensory polyneuropathy (PSP). HTLV-2 DNA and RNA were found in CD8- and CD19-positive cells, and, for patients with PSP, in CD14-positive cells as well. Furthermore, the patients with PSP had higher proviral loads than those without PSP.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9696872 PMCID: PMC110036
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103