| molecular characterization of human t-lymphotropic virus, type 1 (htlv-1) found in kuwait: close similarity with htlv-1 isolates originating from mashhad, iran. | human t-lymphotropic virus, type 1 (htlv-1) infection was detected in two unrelated kuwaiti patients with tropical spastic paraparesis (ham/tsp) and in the asymptomatic mother of one of them. the family roots of these patients were traced to the najaf region of iraq. the dna sequence of three pcr-amplified fragments (env, 512 bp; pol, 140 bp; ltr, 704 bp) was determined for each of kuwaiti htlv-1 isolates (kuw-1,2,3). all three kuwaiti htlv-1 were identical in env and pol fragments and virtually ... | 1995 | 8573383 |