J Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 15;199(4):561-4.

New strain of human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type 3 in a Pygmy from Cameroon with peculiar HTLV serologic results.

Calattini S, Betsem E, Bassot S, Chevalier SA, Mahieux R, Froment A, Gessain A.

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Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, URA CNRS 3015, Département de Virologie, and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France.

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A search for human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types 1 and 2 and related viruses was performed by serological and molecular means on samples obtained from 421 adult villagers from the southern Cameroon forest areas. One individual (a 56-year-old Baka Pygmy hunter) was found to be HTLV-3 infected; however, there was a low proviral load in blood cells. Complete sequence analysis of this virus (HTLV-3Lobak18) indicated a close relationship to human HTLV-3Pyl43 and simian STLV-3CTO604 strains. Plasma samples from Lobak18, the HTLV-3 infected individual, exhibited a peculiar "HTLV-2-like" pattern on Western blot analysis and were serologically untypeable by line immunoassay. These results were different from those for the 2 previously reported HTLV-3 strains, raising questions about serological confirmation of infection with such retroviruses.

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