Analysis of the Prevalence of HTLV-1 Proviral DNA in Cervical Smears and Carcinomas from HIV Positive and Negative Kenyan Women

The oncogenic retrovirus human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is endemic in some countries although its prevalence and relationship with other sexually transmitted infections in Sub-Saharan Africa is largely unknown. A novel endpoint PCR method was used to analyse the prevalence of HTLV-1...

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Main Authors: He, Xiaotong, Maranga, Innocent O., Oliver, Anthony W., Gichangi, Peter, Hampson, Lynne, Hampson, Ian N.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035959/

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