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. 2014 Feb 13;11:28. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-11-28

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Pedigrees of ten families who had at least one member infected by HTLV. HTLV-1-infected (assessed by Western Blot and PCR) and uninfected subjects (tested by ELISA) are shown in black and white, respectively. The arrow indicates the proband in each family. The age in years of each individual HTLV-1 positive is next to their respective symbols.