%0 Journal Article
%T Confirmaci車n de la presencia en Cuba del virus linfotr車pico tipo I de las c谷lulas T humanas mediante la reacci車n en cadena de la polimerasa
%A ROLO G車MEZ
%A FELIPE
%A BLANCO DE ARMAS
%A MADELINE
%A MATO LUIS
%A JORGE
%A LUBI芍N CABALLERO
%A ANA LUISA
%A D赤AZ TORRES
%A H谷CTOR
%J Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical
%D 1997
%I Centro Nacional de Informaci車n de Ciencias M谷dicas
%X the first cases diagnoses in cuba as htlv-i/ii seropositives (human t lymphotropic virus) were studied by polymerase chain reaction aimed at differentiating the type of virus causing the infection. 3 kits of primer oligonucleotides were used and the amplification products were detected by hybridization with specific oligoprobes. 100 % of the cases were htlv-i positives. no htlv-ii positivity was found. it was confirmed the presence in cuba of this retrovirus, eventhough the seroprevalence is low if it is taken into consideration that the caribbean is an endemic zone for htlv-1.
%K htlv-i [isolation & purification]
%K htlv-i infections [blood]
%K polymerase chain reaction [methods]
%K oligonucleotides [diagnostic use]
%K reagent kits
%K diagnostic
%K cuba.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0375-07601997000300008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en