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Within 10 minutes after tritium-labeled adult T-cell leukemia-associated virus (ATLV) inoculation, silver grains were found over human lymphocytes. At the time of entry of ATLV, the viral envelope was observed to fuse with the cell membrane.
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Goto, T., Sugita, K., Imura, S. et al. Entry of adult T-cell leukemia-associated virus into human peripheral blood leukocytes. Archives of Virology 85, 321–328 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314241
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