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SUBMITTER: Bolton WV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC84221 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bolton W V WV Davis A R AR Ge Y C YC Dwyer D E DE Kenrick K G KG Cunningham A L AL Saksena N K NK
Journal of clinical microbiology 19990101 1
Investigation of a human T-lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) infection in a female Australian blood donor identified a human bite as the likely mode of transmission, confirmed by nucleotide sequencing of the proviral tax/rex from both donor and contact. We believe this to be the first report of the transmission of an HTLV by a human bite. ...[more]