%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Calattini, S.
%A Betsem, E.
%A Bassot, S.
%A Chevalier, S. A.
%A Mahieux, R.
%A Froment, Alain
%A Gessain, A.
%T New strain of Human T Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) type 3 in a pygmy from Cameroon with peculiar HTLV serologic results
%D 2009
%L PAR00003580
%G ENG
%J journal of Infectious Diseases
%K CAMEROUN
%M ISI:000262802200013
%N 4
%P 561-564
%R 10.1086/596206
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00003580
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2013-03-18/010058426.pdf
%V 199
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X A search for human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types 1 and 2 and related viruses was performed by serological and molecular means on samples obtained from 421 adult villagers from the southern Cameroon forest areas. One individual (a 56-year-old Baka Pygmy hunter) was found to be HTLV-3 infected; however, there was a low proviral load in blood cells. Complete sequence analysis of this virus (HTLV-3(Lobak18)) indicated a close relationship to human HTLV-3(Pyl43) and simian STLV-3(CTO604) strains. Plasma samples from Lobak18, the HTLV-3 infected individual, exhibited a peculiar "HTLV-2-like" pattern on Western blot analysis and were serologically untypeable by line immunoassay. These results were different from those for the 2 previously reported HTLV-3 strains, raising questions about serological confirmation of infection with such retroviruses.
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