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Performances of HTLV serological tests in diagnosing HTLV infection in high-risk population of São Paulo, Brazil Desempenho de testes sorológicos para o diagnóstico de infecção por HTLV em população de alto-risco de São Paulo, Brasil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2007
Testing problems in diagnosing human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection, mostly HTLV-II, have been documented in HIV/AIDS patients. Since December 1998, the Immunology Department of Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) offers HTLV-I/II serology to Public ...
Fabrício Jacob, Elizabeth de los Santos-Fortuna, Raymundo Soares Azevedo, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo   +3 more
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus types I and II infections in a cohort of patients with neurological disorders in Belém, Pará, Brazil Infecção pelos vírus linfotrópicos humanos de células T tipos I e II entre pacientes com doença neurológica em Belém, Pará, Brasil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2004
Serum- and/or- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples obtained from 190 patients suffering from chronic, progressive neurological disease were screened for the presence of human T-cell lymphotropic viruses type I (HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II) antibodies over
Olinda Macêdo, Telma V. Ribeiro-Lima, Adriana de O. Linhares, Antônio de Moura, Maria de Lourdes C. Gomes, Alexandre C. Linhares   +5 more
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Screening for Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) in Pregnant Women in the Peruvian Amazon and Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of HTLV Infection in Peru

Pathogens, 2021
Background. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is responsible for tropical spastic paraparesis and HTLV-1-associated leukemia/lymphoma. The infection is endemic in some areas of Peru, but its prevalence in the Peruvian Amazon is not well ...
José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón, Sonia Ortiz-Martínez, María-Esteyner Vásquez-Chasnamote, Eva de-Miguel-Balsa, Olga-Nohelia Gamboa-Paredes, Michael-John Talledo-Albujar, Giovanni López-Campana, Juan Carlos Celis-Salinas, Laura Prieto-Pérez, Miguel Górgolas-Hernández, Martin Casapía-Morales   +10 more
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A Potential of an Anti-HTLV-I gp46 Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody (LAT-27) for Passive Immunization against Both Horizontal and Mother-to-Child Vertical Infection with Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type-I

Viruses, 2016
Although the number of human T-cell leukemia virus type-I (HTLV-I)-infected individuals in the world has been estimated at over 10 million, no prophylaxis vaccines against HTLV-I infection are available.
Hideki Fujii, Mamoru Shimizu, Takuya Miyagi, Marie Kunihiro, Reiko Tanaka, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Yuetsu Tanaka   +6 more
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for Rapid and Accurate Confirmatory Diagnosis of HTLV-1/2 Infection

Viruses, 2020
Laboratory diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) 1 and 2 infection is performed by serological screening and further confirmation with serological or molecular assays.
Yago Gomes, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo, Karoline Campos, Maria Gisele Gonçalves, Ana Claudia Leite, Marco Antonio Lima, Abelardo Araújo, Marcus Tulius Silva, Otávio Espíndola   +8 more
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type I infects human lung epithelial cells and induces gene expression of cytokines, chemokines and cell adhesion molecules

Retrovirology, 2008
Background Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is associated with pulmonary diseases, characterized by bronchoalveolar lymphocytosis, which correlates with HTLV-I proviral DNA in carriers.
Yara Satomi, Miyazato Akiko, Tamayose Maki, Ishikawa Chie, Senba Masachika, Tomita Mariko, Teruya Hiromitsu, Tanaka Yuetsu, Iwakura Yoichiro, Fujita Jiro, Mori Naoki   +10 more
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The Prevalence and Significance of HTLV-I/II Seroindeterminate Western Blot Patterns

Viruses, 2011
Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infects an estimated 15–20 million persons worldwide. A number of diseases have been associated with the virus including adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), HTLV-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM ...
Yoshimi Akahata, Anna Abrams, Steven Jacobson   +2 more
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Risk Factors for Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I among Injecting Drug Users in Northeast Brazil: Possibly Greater Efficiency of Male to Female Transmission

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999
It was observed in the city of Salvador, State of Bahia, the highest seroprevalence of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) infection in Brazil as demonstrated by national wide blood bank surveys.
Inês Dourado, Tarcísio Andrade, Catherine L Carpenter, Bernardo Galvão-Castro   +3 more
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Endemic HTLV in Japan and South America with special reference to mongoloid dispersal from Asia to the Andes

Estudios Atacameños, 1998
Se ha estimado que existe 1,2 millones de portadores del virus humano de la leucemia T tipo I (HTLV I) en todo el Japón, donde la incidencia de leucemia a linfocitos T del adulto es la más alta del mundo.
Kazuo Tajima, Shunro Sonoda, Luis Cartier, Vladimir Zaninovic, Lautaro Núñez Atencio, Luis Hurtado Gómez, Sonia Guillén, José Dipierri, Toshiro Takezaki, Toshinobu Fujiyoshi, Satoshi Horai   +10 more
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Interactions between inflammatory gene polymorphisms and HTLV-I infection for total death, incidence of cancer, and atherosclerosis-related diseases among the Japanese population

Journal of Epidemiology, 2017
Background: An increased risk of total death owing to human T-lymphotropic virus type-I (HTLV-I) infection has been reported. However, its etiology and protective factors are unclear.
Tara Sefanya Kairupan
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