Evidence for exposure to human t cell leukemia virus iii in uganda before 1973

Gallo R.C.

Science 227(4690): 1036-1038

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0091-7729
Document Number: 425707
Of 75 serum samples of antibodies recognizing HTLV-III proteins in sera from this population at a time that may predate or coincide with the appearance or spread of the AIDS agent (HTLV-III) suggest that the virus detected may have been a predecessor of HTLV-III or is HTLV-III itself, but existing in a population acclimated to its presence. It further suggests an African origin of HTLV-III.

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