Origins of HTLV-4

The recent report of the remarkable genetic similarity of human T-lymphotropic virus type-4 (HTLV-4) with certain simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) isolates from both macaques and African green monkeys (AGMs) and the accompanying editorial discussing the possibility of laboratory-acquired contamin...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1987-05, Vol.327 (6118), p.107-107
Main Authors: Desrosiers, R. C, Daniel, M. D, Letvin, N. L, King, N. W, Hunt, R. D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
AIDS/HIV
Animals
Cercopithecus aethiops - microbiology
Deltaretrovirus - isolation & purification
Humans
Macaca
Macaca - microbiology
simian immunodeficiency virus
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Summary:The recent report of the remarkable genetic similarity of human T-lymphotropic virus type-4 (HTLV-4) with certain simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) isolates from both macaques and African green monkeys (AGMs) and the accompanying editorial discussing the possibility of laboratory-acquired contamination have prompted the authors to outline a chronology of events as they bear on this discussion. SIV was first isolated from macaques by us at the New England Regional Primate Research Center.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/327107a0