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HTLV-1 molecular epidemiology in central Australia: Two distinctive HTLV-1 Subtype C lineages in Indigenous Australians

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HTLV-1 infects approximately 5-10 million people worldwide. It is widely distributed, with clusters of high endemicity in certain geographic areas or ethnic groups. Seven main HTLV-1 subtypes have been described and the Melanesian/Australian subtype C is only found in Oceania. In Australia, HTLV-1 is endemic with ATLL, TSP/HAM, bronchiectasis, ID and severe scabies cases reported. However, HTLV-1 clinical significance is debated and only one partial HTLV-1 sequence from an Aboriginal Australian (MSHR-1) is available. Therefore, establishing a large HTLV-1 sequence database is essential for the understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of this virus in Indigenous people. Samples were obtained from 23 HTLV-1 patients originated from four broad geographical and language-based areas. Sequence comparison indicated that the 23 new HTLV-1 LTR and Tax-Gag sequences belong to the subtype C as MSHR-1 strain. Phylogenetic analyses evidenced two main clades (Solomon Islands/Vanuatu versus Australia) within subtype C. Interestingly, the Australian clade can be itself divided into two clusters: the first comprising strains characterized among most of the Indigenous Australians from the North and the second including a majority of individuals originating from the South and Central Australia. Thus, there is a clear evidence of a specific HTLV-1 clustering according to the childhood residence of the HTLV-1 infected individuals, and subsequently their language group affinity. Taking into account that non-human primates have never been found in Australia, we believe that these HTLV-1 subtype C variants have been present among the first ancestors of modern Indigenous Australians for several tens of millennia.
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pasteur-00924954 , version 1 (07-01-2014)

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Olivier Cassar, Lloyd Einsiedel, Philippe Afonso, Antoine Gessain. HTLV-1 molecular epidemiology in central Australia: Two distinctive HTLV-1 Subtype C lineages in Indigenous Australians. 16th Interntional Conference on Human Retroviruses: HTLV and Related Viruses, Jun 2013, Montreal, Canada. pp.P56, ⟨10.1186/1742-4690-11-S1-P56⟩. ⟨pasteur-00924954⟩
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