Geographic characteristics of HTLV-1 molecular subgroups and genetic substitutions in East Asia: Insights from complete genome sequencing of HTLV-1 strains isolated in Taiwan and Japan.

• Main Authors: Satoshi Nozuma (Author), Akiko Yoshimura (Author), Shun-Chung Pai (Author), Hung-Jen Chen (Author), Eiji Matsuura (Author), Masakazu Tanaka (Author), Daisuke Kodama (Author), Mika Dozono (Author), Toshio Matsuzaki (Author), Hiroshi Takashima (Author), Ya-Chien Yang (Author), Ryuji Kubota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Although Japan is a major endemic area for human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and the virus has been well-studied in this region, there is limited research on HTLV-1 in surrounding regions. In this study, we determined the complete genome sequences of HTLV-1 st...