Oligonucleotides, Oligonucleotide Set, Kit For Diagnosis And Discrimination Of HTLV-1/2 Infection, Polynucleotyde Suitable For Use As A Reference Target For Primer And Probe Design For Detection And Differentiation of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2, Amplicon, And Method For Detecting At Least One HTLV Target

An oligonucleotide characterized in that it can bind to the pol region of HTLV and be adapted as a probe, said oligonucleotide comprising at least 10-15 consecutive nucleotides of the sequences selected from SEQ ID Nos:

• 3 and 7.

An oligonucleotide set characterized in that it comprises at least two oligonucleotides selected from the sequences comprising SEQ ID Nos:

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

A polynucleotide suitable for use as reference target for the design of primers and probes for detecting and differentiating HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 characterized in that it is selected from the group consisting of the sequence localized between position 3340 and 3414 of SEQ ID NO:

• 11 and the sequence located between positions 4483 and 4563 of SEQ ID NO:
• 12.