Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Molecular Variants, Vanuatu, Melanesia

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Cassar, Olivier | Capuano, Corinne | Meertens, Laurent | Chungue, Eliane | Gessain, Antoine

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International audience. Four of 391 Ni-Vanuatu women were infected with variants of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Melanesian subtype C. These strains had env nucleotide sequences approximately 99% similar to each other and diverging from the main molecular subtypes of HTLV-1 by 6% to 9%. These strains were likely introduced during ancient human population movements in Melanesia.

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