| sequence analysis of human t cell lymphotropic virus type i strains from southern india: gene amplification and direct sequencing from whole blood blotted onto filter paper. | human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) infection in india has been found to be associated with adult t cell leukaemia/lymphoma (atll) and htlv-i-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (ham/tsp) among life-long residents of southern india. to examine the heterogeneity of htlv-i strains from southern india and to determine their relationship with the sequence variants of htlv-i from melanesia, 1149 nucleotides spanning selected regions of the htlv-i gag, pol, env and px genes ... | 1993 | 8277290 |