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Biomédica
versión impresa ISSN 0120-4157versión On-line ISSN 2590-7379
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CHAVEZ, Mónica et al. Evolutionary and geographic origins of human lymphotropic virus in Colombia detected by RFLP polymorphisms. Biomédica [online]. 2004, vol.24, n.1, pp.20-32. ISSN 0120-4157.
The human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection is a public health roblem in many endemic areas of Colombia. The subtyping of HTLV-I was based on the analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) in 3LTR proviral DNA. From 31 HTLV-I isolates collected throughout Colombia, a RFLP analysis in a 737 bp 3LTR fragment was performed. Fifty-eight percent (18/31) were identified as the Cosmopolitan subtype a, 19.4% (6/31) in the West African subtype b, 12.9% (4/31) in the Cosmopolitan subtype b and 9.6% (3/31) in the West African subtype c. The phylogenetic analysis of 3LTR nucleotide sequences indicated that all the isolates in the current study were in the subgroup B or Japanese, in contrast with the highly divergent isolates from native Amerindians grouped in subgroup a or Transcontinental. The supported hypothesis was that of a post-Columbus introduction of virus represented in the African-American communities of the Colombian South Pacific. Some viral isolates from Colombian native Amerindians exhibited a nucleotide variation compatible with a Paleolithic introduction of the virus. The genetic diversity of HTLV-I in Colombia is complex and probably represents several independent introductions of lymphotropic virus.
Palabras clave : lymphoropic virus; RFLP variation; virus dispersal; evolution.