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S. Kwok, D. Kellogg, G. Ehrlich, B. Poiesz, S. Bhagavati, J. J. Sninsky, Characterization of a Sequence of Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type I from a Patient with Chronic Progressive Myelopathy, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 158, Issue 6, December 1988, Pages 1193–1197, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/158.6.1193
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Abstract
DNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of individuals with chronic progressive myelopathy (CPM) were extensively analyzed for the presence of human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV) type I-Iike sequences by using the polymerase chain reaction. The DNA samples were amplified with oligonucleotides from three separate regions of HTLV viral genomes. A portion of the amplified viral genome from a representative patient was sequenced after molecular cloning into bacteriophage M13. Sequence data indicate that HTLV type I and not a related virus is associated with CPM.