Nucleotide Sequence and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the Long Terminal Repeat of Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type II

The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees.

1987 • 59,130 citations

A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences

1980 • 28,067 citations

Detection and isolation of type C retrovirus particles from fresh and cultured lymphocytes of a patient with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

1980 • 5,022 citations

ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE-I IN PATIENTS WITH TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS

1985 • 2,840 citations

Isolation and characterization of retrovirus from cell lines of human adult T-cell leukemia and its implication in the disease.

1982 • 2,170 citations

A New Subtype of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus (HTLV-II) Associated with a T-Cell Variant of Hairy Cell Leukemia

1982 • 1,195 citations

High Rate of HTLV-II Infection in Seropositive IV Drug Abusers in New Orleans

1989 • 426 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence of an infectious clone of human T-cell leukemia virus type II: an open reading frame for the protease gene.

1985 • 382 citations

Prevalence of Antibodies to HTLV-I, -II, and -III in Intravenous Drug Abusers From an AIDS Endemic Region

1986 • 340 citations

Pathogenesis of Diseases Induced by Human Lymphotropic Virus Type I Infection

1993 • 320 citations

HTLV‐I Uveitis: A Distinct Clinical Entity Caused by HTLV‐I

1992 • 292 citations

A Second Isolate of HTLV-II Associated with Atypical Hairy-Cell Leukemia

1986 • 282 citations

Chronic neurodegenerative disease associated with HTLV-II infection

1992 • 277 citations

Endemic Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type II Infection among Isolated Brazilian Amerindians

1992 • 226 citations

Seroprevalence of HTLV-I and HTLV-II among Intravenous Drug Users and Persons in Clinics for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

1992 • 190 citations

Isolation of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2 from Guaymi Indians in Panama.

1990 • 184 citations

In vivo genomic variability of human T-cell leukemia virus type I depends more upon geography than upon pathologies

1991 • 161 citations

Multiple isolates and characteristics of human T-cell leukemia virus type II

1992 • 148 citations

Prevalence of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus (HTLV) type II infection among high-risk individuals: type-specific identification of HTLVs by polymerase chain reaction

1989 • 140 citations

Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type II (HTLV-II): Epidemiology, Molecular Properties, and Clinical Features of Infection

1996 • 136 citations

Detection of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus, type II, in a patient with large granular lymphocyte leukemia

1992 • 134 citations

Isolation of HTLV‐II from a patient with chronic, progressive neurological disease clinically indistinguishable from HTLV‐I‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

1993 • 133 citations

LOW PREVALENCE IN THE UK OF HTLV-I AND HTLV-II INFECTION IN SUBJECTS WITH AIDS, WITH EXTENDED LYMPHADENOPATHY, AND AT RISK OF AIDS

1984 • 125 citations

Spastic ataxia associated with human T‐cell lymphotrophic virus type II infection

1993 • 112 citations

Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of Isolates of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 of Diverse Geographical Origins

1991 • 108 citations

Genetic heterogeneity in human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type II

1993 • 91 citations

HTLV-II Seroprevalence in Pygmies Across Africa Since 1970

1993 • 88 citations

HTLV-II Infection in Florida Indians

1993 • 88 citations

Human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus, type II (HTLV-II): emergence of an important newly recognized pathogen

1994 • 86 citations

Endemic Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type II Infection in Southwestern US Indians Involves Two Prototype Variants of Virus

1993 • 83 citations

High Rate of Infection with the Human T-Cell Leukemia Retrovirus Type II in Four Indian Populations of Argentina

1993 • 80 citations

Sequence variations in ltr and env regions of HTLV‐I do not discriminate between the virus from patients with HTLV‐I‐associated myelopathy and adult T‐cell leukemia

1991 • 69 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence of an Amerindian human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) isolate: identification of a variant HTLV-II subtype b from a Guaymi Indian

1993 • 64 citations

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of HTLV-II Isolate NRA: Comparison of Envelope Sequence Variation of HTLV-II Isolates from U.S. Blood Donors and U.S. and Italian IV Drug Users

1993 • 61 citations

Geographical Subtypes Demonstrated by RFLP Following PCR in the LTR Region of HTLV-I

1992 • 55 citations

Association of ‘(tropical) ataxic neuropathy’ with HTLV-II

1993 • 52 citations

Identification of Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type IIb Infection in the Wayu, an Aboriginal Population of Colombia

1993 • 50 citations

DNA sequence analysis of the gene encoding the HTLV-I P21E transmembrane protein reveals inter- and intraisolate genetic heterogeneity

1992 • 50 citations

Human Retroviruses in Amerindians of Colombia: High Prevalence of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type II Infection Among the Tunebo Indians

1993 • 48 citations

Geographic and Molecular Epidemiology of Primate T Lymphotropic Retroviruses: HTLV-I, HTLV-II, STLV-I, STLV-PP, and PTLV-L

1996 • 43 citations

Molecular characterization of two isolates of human T cell leukaemia virus type II from Italian drug abusers and comparison of genome structure with other isolates

1993 • 42 citations

Southernmost Carriers of HTLV‐I/II in the World

1993 • 42 citations

Detection of HTLV‐I and HTLV‐II infection in Africans using type‐specific envelope peptides

1993 • 41 citations

Transmission of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) Type II by Transfusion of HTLV-I-Screened Blood Products

1994 • 37 citations

Large Granular Lymphocytosis in a Patient Infected with HTLV-II

1993 • 36 citations

Isolation and Genomic Analysis of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type II from Ghana

1993 • 34 citations

Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of Human T Cell Leukemia Virus, Type II (HTLV-II) Isolates

1993 • 31 citations

Nucleotide Sequence and Restriction Fragment-Length Polymorphism Analysis of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type II (HTLV-II) in Southern Europe: Evidence for the HTLV-IIa and HTLV-IIb Subtypes

1996 • 25 citations

What Is the Situation of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type II (HTLV-II) in Africa? Origin and Dissemination of Genomic Subtypes

1996 • 25 citations

The Phylogeny and Molecular Epidemiology of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type II

1996 • 13 citations

Human T‐Lymphotropic Virus Type II in Japan

1996 • 10 citations