Is the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2 in the process of endogenization into the human genome?

• Main Authors: Jorge Casseb (Author), Luiz Mario Janini (Author), Luis Isamu Barros Kanzaki (Author), Luciano Rodrigo Lopes (Author), Arthur Maia Paiva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) infection has been shown to be endemic among intravenous drug users in parts of North America, Europe and Southeast Asia and in a number of Amerindian populations. Despite a 65% genetic similarity and common host humoral response, the human T-cell lymp...