Primate T-lymphotropic viruses

A method of identifying new primate T-lymphotropic viruses comprising:

• contacting a nucleic acid using a set of primers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
• 7 and 8, SEQ ID NOs:
• 9 and 10, SEQ ID NOs:
• 11 and 12, SEQ ID NOs:
• 13 and 14, SEQ ID NOs:
• 15 and 16, SEQ ID NOs:
• 17 and 18, SEQ ID NOs:
• 23 and 24, SEQ ID NOs:
• 25 and 26, SEQ ID NOs:
• 27 and 28, SEQ ID NOs:
• 29 and 30, NOs:
• 31 and 32, SEQ ID NOs:
• 33 and 34, SEQ ID SEQ ID NOs:
• 69 and 70, SEQ ID NOs:
• 71 and 72, SEQ ID NOs:
• 73 and 74, SEQ ID NOs:
• 75 and 76, SEQ ID NOs:
• 77 and 78, and SEQ ID NOs:
• 79 and 80;
• amplifying the nucleic acid;
• identifying any amplified nucleic acid;
• and
• comparing the sequence to known primate T-lymphotropic viral sequences, wherein sequence divergence greater than 5% indicates a new virus.

A method of identifying new primate T-lymphotropic viruses comprising:

• contacting a nucleic acid using a first set of primers, wherein the first set of primers is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
• 7 and 8, SEQ ID NOs:
• 11 and 12, SEQ ID NOs:
• 15 and 16, SEQ ID NOs:
• 23 and 24, SEQ ID NOs:
• 27 and 28, NOs:
• 31 and 32, SEQ ID SEQ ID NOs:
• 69 and 70, SEQ ID NOs:
• 73 and 74, and SEQ ID NOs:
• 77 and 78;
• amplifying the nucleic acid;
• identifying any amplified nucleic acid;
• and
• comparing the sequence to known primate T-lymphotropic viral sequences, wherein sequence divergence greater than 5% indicates a new virus.