Molecular phylogeny and dissemination of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I viewed within the context of primate evolution and human migration.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)
; 41 Suppl 1: S145-61, 1995.
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ABSTRACT
A renewed interest in the emergence and evolution of the primate T-cell lymphotropic viruses has followed the discovery of genetically distinct variants of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Melanesia and Australia. Phylogenetic trees based on selected regions of the gag, pol, env and pX genes of HTLV-I from widely separated geographic regions and of simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (STLV-I) from African and Asian catarrhines, constructed using the neighbor-joining and maximum parsimony methods, indicated that the Australo-Melanesian and cosmopolitan strains of HTLV-I have evolved along separate geographically dependent lineages, with African STLV-I strains clustering with cosmopolitan HTLV-I strains and Asian STLV-I strains diverging from the common ancestral virus before the Australo-Melanesian HTLV-I strains. When viewed within the context of non-human primate evolution and human occupation of Australia and Melanesia, the rate of molecular change of HTLV-I and STLV-I is approximately 2.5-6.8 x 10(-7) substitutions per site per year. Overall, the sequence and phylogenetic analyses are in accord with interspecies virus transmission among non-human primates, as well as between non-human primates and humans, with independent evolution of HTLV-I in Southeast Asia and in Africa, and with dissemination of HTLV-I by forced or voluntary movements of human populations. The immunosuppressive and T-cell activation properties of HTLV-I places at added risk these Australian Aboriginal and Melanesian populations, some of which are in imminent threat of infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Medicinas Tradicionales:
Medicina_tradicional_de_oceania
Asunto principal:
Primates
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Hominidae
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Virus Linfotrópico T Tipo 1 Humano
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Infecciones por HTLV-I
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Virus Linfotrópico T Tipo 1 de los Simios
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Emigración e Inmigración
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Evolución Biológica
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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Asia
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)
Año:
1995
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos