Earlier Onset of δ-Retrovirus-Induced Leukemia after Splenectomy
Infection by δ-retroviruses such as human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is mostly asymptomatic. Indeed, only a minority (<5%) of δ-retrovirus infected hosts will develop either lymphoproliferative or neurodegenerative diseases after long latency periods. In...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19759828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006943 |