The discovery of the first human retrovirus: HTLV-1 and HTLV-2

<p>Abstract</p> <p>I describe here the history leading up to and including my laboratory's discovery of the first human retrovirus, HTLV-I, and its close relative, HTLV-II. My efforts were inspired by early work showing a retroviral etiology for leukemias in various animals, i...

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Main Author: Gallo Robert C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:Retrovirology
Online Access:http://www.retrovirology.com/content/2/1/17