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| Title |
The discovery of the first human retrovirus: HTLV-1 and HTLV-2
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Retrovirology, March 2005
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-4690-2-17 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert C Gallo |
| Abstract |
I describe here the history leading up to and including my laboratory's discovery of the first human retrovirus, HTLV-I, and its close relative, HTLV-II. My efforts were inspired by early work showing a retroviral etiology for leukemias in various animals, including non-human primates. My two main approaches were to develop criteria for and methods for detection of viral reverse transcriptase and to identify growth factors that could support the growth of hematopoietic cells. These efforts finally yielded success following the discovery of IL-2 and its use to culture adult T cell lymphoma/leukemia cells. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| Portugal | 1 | 13% |
| Japan | 1 | 13% |
| Australia | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 38% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 38% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 171 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 165 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 36 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 20% |
| Researcher | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 13% |
| Unknown | 38 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 46 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 19% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 14 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 7% |
| Unknown | 40 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 177. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 August 2020.
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