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| Matching Terms: | human t lymphotropic virus type i, human t lymphotropic virus type iii | ||
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| Definition: | A human, single-stranded RNA retrovirus from the subfamily Oncovirinae which may cause diseases such as T-cell leukemia and T-cell lymphoma (but this has not been proven). HTLV-II is closely related to HTLV I (60% of their genomes are identical). | ||
| Synonyms: | HTLV-II | ||
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