Patent ID: 7507529

Claim:
A method for implementing processes for detecting a strain of PTLV, said process comprising the steps of: (a) amplifying a target nucleic acid in a biological sample capable of containing PTLVs with pairs of degenerate 5′ and 3′ oligonucleotides in the 5′ and 3′ orientation originating from the nucleotide sequences coding for the amino-terminal region of the surface component (SU) of the envelope proteins of the viruses of T lymphomas/leukaemias in primates, collected together under the designation PTLV, said viruses being designated HTLV in man and STLV in the monkey, wherein the amino-terminal region is a protein fragment delimited on the N-terminal side by an amino acid situated between positions 75 to 90, and on the C-terminal side by an amino acid situated between positions 130 to 145 of the envelope protein of the MT-2 strain of HTLV-1 represented by SEQ ID No: 43, or of the envelope protein of the NRA strain of RTLV-2 represented by SEQ ID NO: 45, or of the envelope protein of the strain of STLV-3 represented by SEQ ID NO: 47, or a virus carrying the sequences belonging to the SU of PTLVs, and (b) identifying the strain of PTLV contained in the biological sample by determining nucleotide fragments that have been amplified.