Results 31 to 40 of about 39,174 (210)

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Human T-lymphotropic virus and transfusion safety. Does one size fit all? [PDF]

, 2015
Human T-cell leukemia viruses (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) are associated with a variety of human diseases, including some severe ones. Transfusion transmission of HTLV through cellular blood components is undeniable.
Catalano, Liviana, Facco, Giuseppina, Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo Maria, Marano, Giuseppe, Piccinini, Vanessa, Pupella, Simonetta, VAGLIO, Stefania   +7 more
core   +1 more source

The Impact of Immune Response on HTLV-I in HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP) [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2013
Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is a retrovirus which is associated with adult T cells leukaemia (ATL) and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in a minority of HTLV-I-infected individuals.
Houshang Rafatpanah, Reza Farid Hosseini2, Seyed Hassan Pourseyed   +2 more
doaj  

Transcriptional activation of immediate-early gene ETR101 by human T-cell leukaemia virus type I Tax [PDF]

, 2003
Human T-cell leukaemia virus type I (HTLV-I) Tax regulates viral and cellular gene expression through interactions with multiple cellular transcription pathways.
Chen, L, Cuttichia, J, Ebbesen, P, Fink, T, Li, B, Liu, X, Ma, S, Takahashi, M, Tsui, LC, Zachar, V   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Reconstitution of T cell receptor signaling in ZAP-70-deficient cells by retroviral transduction of the ZAP-70 gene. [PDF]

, 1996
A variant of severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID) with a selective inability to produce CD8 single positive T cells and a signal transduction defect in peripheral CD4+ cells has recently been shown to be the result of mutations in the ZAP-70 ...
Bacon, KB, Gelfand, EW, Jahn, T, Kadlecek, TA, Kohn, DB, Smith, S, Taylor, N, Uribe, L, Weinberg, K, Weiss, A   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Effect of pulsed methylprednisolone on pain, in patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy [PDF]

, 2016
HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is an immune mediated myelopathy caused by the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1). The efficacy of treatments used for patients with HAM/TSP is uncertain.
Adonis, A, Buell, KG, Demontis, MA, Dhasmana, D, Haddow, J, Martin, F, Puri, A, Short, CL, Taylor, GP   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Molecular characterization of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 full and partial genomes by Illumina massively parallel sequencing technology. [PDF]

, 2014
Background\ud \ud Here, we report on the partial and full-length genomic (FLG) variability of HTLV-1 sequences from 90 well-characterized subjects, including 48 HTLV-1 asymptomatic carriers (ACs), 35 HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic ...
Alsanabani, Sabri Saeed Mohammed, Casseb, Jorge Simão do Rosário, Nukui, Youko, Oliveira, Augusto César Penalva de, Pereira, Juliana, Pêssoa, Rodrigo, Segurado, Aluisio Augusto Cotrim, Watanabe, Jaqueline Tomoko   +7 more
core   +6 more sources