Human Retroviral Infections Immunological and Therapeutic Control /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ugen, Kenneth E. (Editor), Bendinelli, Mauro (Editor), Friedman, Herman (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Laboratory medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Human anatomy.; Infectious diseases.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.; Laboratory Medicine.; Anatomy.

The discovery of the human T cell leukemia virus type I in the late 1970s heralded a new era in retrovirology. For the first time, it was demonstrated that a retrovirus could play a role in the development of a human disease, in this case adult T cell leukemia (ATL). Several years later, the acquire...