Vandamme A M, Salemi M, Desmyter J
Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Trends Microbiol. 1998 Dec;6(12):477-83. doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(98)01406-1.
At least four, and possibly six, molecular subtypes of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) exist: one is confined to Melanesia/Australia, one is ubiquitous, and the others are found only in Africa. Molecular epidemiology suggests that all subtypes arose from separate interspecies transmissions from simians to humans.
人类嗜T细胞病毒I型（HTLV-I）至少存在四种，也可能有六种分子亚型：一种局限于美拉尼西亚/澳大利亚，一种广泛存在，其他几种仅在非洲发现。分子流行病学表明，所有亚型均源自猿猴向人类的不同种间传播。
