Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Subtype C Molecular Variants among Indigenous Australians: New Insights into the Molecular Epidemiology of HTLV-1 in Australo-Melanesia

Olivier Cassar; Lloyd Einsiedel; Philippe V. Afonso; Antoine Gessain

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002418

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Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Subtype C Molecular Variants among Indigenous Australians: New Insights into the Molecular Epidemiology of HTLV-1 in Australo-Melanesia

Olivier Cassar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Olivier Cassar, Lloyd Einsiedel

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d’Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France
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Lloyd Einsiedel ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Olivier Cassar, Lloyd Einsiedel

Affiliation Flinders University/Northern Territory Rural Clinical School, Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
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Philippe V. Afonso,

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d’Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France
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Antoine Gessain

* E-mail: antoine.gessain@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d’Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France
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Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Subtype C Molecular Variants among Indigenous Australians: New Insights into the Molecular Epidemiology of HTLV-1 in Australo-Melanesia

Olivier Cassar,
Lloyd Einsiedel,
Philippe V. Afonso,
Antoine Gessain

Published: September 26, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002418

About the Authors

Olivier Cassar

Contributed equally to this work with: Olivier Cassar, Lloyd Einsiedel

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d’Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France

Lloyd Einsiedel

Contributed equally to this work with: Olivier Cassar, Lloyd Einsiedel

Affiliation Flinders University/Northern Territory Rural Clinical School, Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Philippe V. Afonso

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d’Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France

Antoine Gessain

* E-mail: antoine.gessain@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d’Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OC LE AG. Performed the experiments: OC PVA. Analyzed the data: OC AG LE PVA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LE OC PVA. Wrote the paper: OC AG LE PVA.

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