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

• Satoshi Nozuma,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4909-7769

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• Akiko Yoshimura,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Shun-Chung Pai,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Division of Quality, Taipei Blood Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hung-Jen Chen,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Eiji Matsuura,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Masakazu Tanaka,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Neuroimmunology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Daisuke Kodama,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Neuroimmunology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Mika Dozono,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Toshio Matsuzaki,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Neuroimmunology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Hiroshi Takashima,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Ya-Chien Yang,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ryuji Kubota

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kubotar@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Neuroimmunology, Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

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