Publications
| insights into origins of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 based on new strains from aboriginal people of canada. | the causes of the worldwide distribution of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) remain incompletely understood, with competing hypotheses regarding the number and timing of events leading to intercontinental spread on historical and prehistoric timescales. ongoing discovery of this virus in aboriginal populations of asia and the americas has been the main source of evidence for the latter. we conducted molecular phylogenetic and dating analyses for 13 newly reported htlv-1 strains fr ... | 2012 | 22921499 |
| initial management of an outbreak of the htlv-1 virus in nunavut, canada. | htlv-1 is a retrovirus known to be endemic in japan, the caribbean, and parts of africa. htlv-1 infection is rare in canada. the last known cases prior to the present cluster in nunavut occurred in 1993, when three aboriginal patients with neurological symptoms in british columbia were found to be infected with htlv-1. the dept. of health and social services in nunavut became aware of the presence of this virus in the nunavut population in early june, 2005 when an individual infected with htlv-1 ... | 2007 | 17929633 |
| htlv-1 virus detected in nunavut. | 2006 | 16415454 |