Doherty R R
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
Med J Aust. 1996 Jan 15;164(2):84-6.
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has a worldwide distribution; infection rates of up to 14% have been found in Aboriginal communities, but there is little evidence of typical HTLV-I-associated disease. The strains among Australian Aboriginals and Melanesians are more closely related to each other at the molecular level than to strains from Africa, Japan and the Caribbean basin. The clinical significance of these Oceanic strains of HTLV-I in endemically infected communities is unclear.
人类嗜T淋巴细胞病毒I型（HTLV-I）在全球范围内均有分布；在原住民社区中发现的感染率高达14%，但几乎没有典型的HTLV-I相关疾病的证据。在分子水平上，澳大利亚原住民和美拉尼西亚人的病毒株彼此之间的关系比与来自非洲、日本和加勒比海盆地的病毒株更为密切。这些HTLV-I的大洋洲病毒株在地方流行感染社区中的临床意义尚不清楚。
