Abstract
Syncytium inhibition assay to distinguish between HTLV‐I and HTLV‐II infection was performed with sera and cerebrospinal fluid of 15 HTLV‐I‐associated myelopathy (HAM) patients. Also, genome analysis of HTLV‐II proviral DNA was performed in some HAM patients by use of the polymerase chain reaction method. All of the HAM patients were negative for co‐infection with HTLV‐II.
Keywords: Key words, Syncytium inhibition assay, HAM patient, HTLV‐II, Polymerase chain reaction
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