Document 0082
 DOCN  M9650082
 TI    HTLV-I in Australia and Oceania: long-term resident or recent immigrant?
 DT    9605
 AU    Doherty RR; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Monash;
       University, Melbourne, VIC. richard.doherty@med.monash.edu.au
 SO    Med J Aust. 1996 Jan 15;164(2):84-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96158820
 AB    Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has a worldwide
       distribution; infection rates of up to 14% have been found in Aboriginal
       communities, but there is little evidence of typical HTLV-I-associated
       disease. The strains among Australian Aboriginals and Melanesians are
       more closely related to each other at the molecular level than to
       strains from Africa, Japan and the Caribbean basin. The clinical
       significance of these Oceanic strains of HTLV-I in endemically infected
       communities is unclear.
 DE    Aborigines  Animal  Australia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  *HTLV-I/GENETICS
       HTLV-I Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/GENETICS/TRANSMISSION/*VIROLOGY
       Melanesia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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