| characterization of a variant of human t-lymphotropic virus type i isolated from a healthy member of a remote, recently contacted group in papua new guinea. | we report the characterization of a variant of human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) isolated from an interleukin 2-dependent, cd8+ t-cell line derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a healthy member of a remote, recently contacted hunter-horticulturalist group (hagahai) in madang province of papua new guinea. antigenic characterization of this variant, designated png-1, by immunofluorescence, indicated no expression of gag-encoded proteins p19 and p24 (even after incubation wit ... | 1991 | 1996344 |