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An anomalous high frequency of ATL was observed in a remote ‘noir maroons’ village of French Guiana. Since it is not clear if HTLV-I is responsible for different frequencies of disease in different geographical areas, we undertook a comparison of the population with a similar one located in Gabon. We found a much higher degree of gp46 surface envelope glycoprotein sequence conservation in the Guianese village than in the Gabonese one.
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Moynet, D., Pouliquen, J., Londos-Gagliardi, D. et al. High Variability of HTLV-I in a Remote Population of Gabon as Compared to that of a Similar Population of French Guiana. Virus Genes 23, 257–261 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012513121028
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