Infection with HTLV-1 can result in leukaemia or a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis; HAM/TSP). A high level of ...

4 and 5): the same sequence as the contemporary Japanese ATK-1 (or KAG130) HTLV-I clones (category I); random point substitution in the HTLV-I-pX and HTLV-I-LTR sequences (category II); and ...