The Prevalence of Human T-Cell lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Pregnant Women and Their Newborns

Table 1

Primers sequences for the PCR.

Target gene	Primers sequences	Fragment size
LTR	5′-CATAAGCTCAGACCTCCGGG-3′; 5′-GGATGGCGGCCTCAGGTAGG-3′	222 bp
Tax	5′-AGGGTTTGGACAGAGTCTT-3′; 5′-AAGGACCTTGAGGGTCTTA-3′	256 bp
TBP	5′-GTGAGAAGATGGATGTTGAGTTGC-3′; 5′-CAGATAGCAGCACGGTATGAGC-3′	149 bp

LTR: long terminal repeat; Tax: the HTLV transcriptional transactivator; TBP: human TATA binging protein; bp: base pair.