Abstract
HTLV-1/2 retroviruses are lymphotropic of primate T cells, with type 1 infecting more TCD4+ lymphocytes and type 2 TCD8+ lymphocytes. These viruses can cause several disabling diseases, mainly adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and tropical spastic paraparesis or HTLV-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). There is an extensive national demand for the production of new recombinant proteins for the dev…