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Anti-HTLV antibody profiling reveals an antibody signature for HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP)

Retrovirology, 2008
Background HTLV-I is the causal agent of adult T cell leukemia (ATLL) and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Biomarkers are needed to diagnose and/or predict patients who are at risk for HAM/TSP or ATLL.
Mahieux Renaud, Janik John E, Oh Unsong, Yao Karen, Graham Jhanelle, Leahy Hannah P, Meoli Elise, Burbelo Peter D, Kashanchi Fatah, Iadarola Michael J, Jacobson Steven   +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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Erectile insufficiency as first symptom of HTLV-I/II associated myelopathy: case report Insuficiência erétil como primeiro sintoma da mielopatia associada ao HTLV I/II: relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1998
A case of HTLV-I/II myelopathy in which the initial complaint was erectile insufficiency (EI) is reported. The only abnormalities found on the neurological exam were discrete weakness of the psoas and increased knee jerk reflexes.
JOSÉ TEOTONIO OLIVEIRA, ANNA BÁRBARA F. CARNEIRO-PROIETTI, MARIA VIRGÍNIA C. LIMA-MARTINS, MARINA LOBATO MARTINS, FERNANDO AUGUSTO PROIETTI   +4 more
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Detection of HIV-1 infection in dried blood spots from a 12-year-old ABO bedside test card [PDF]

, 1998
Background and Objectives: We tested dried blood from an ABO bedside test card which had been stored at room temperature for 12 years, to prove that a patient with HIV-1 infection had been infected by blood transfusion. Materials and Methods: Immunoblots
Mayer, G., Eberle, J., G. Mayer, L. Gürtler, Emminger, Ch., Strobel, Erwin, J. Eberle, Gürtler, L., E. Strobel, Ch. Emminger   +9 more
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Infecção pelo HTLV-I/II no Estado da Bahia HLTV-I/II infection in Bahia State, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1998
A cidade do Salvador, capital do Estado da Bahia, apresenta a população com maior prevalência da infecção pelo HTLV-I no Brasil. Todavia, somente um estudo incluiu uma cidade do interior deste Estado, mesmo assim com número amostral pequeno.
Ana Pavlova C.R. Britto, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Andrea Straatmann, Sandro Santos-Torres, José Tavares-Neto   +4 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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Lymphomatous meningoencephalitis in a patient with HAMVTSP

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1995
A case of lymphomatous meningoencephalitis in a 23 year old Brazilian patient with HTLV-I/II associated myelopathy is reported. The patient was admitted to the hospital with a clinical picture of decreased consciousness level, stiffness of the neck and ...
Irenio Gomes, Marco Heleno Cunha Nascimento, Otávio Augusto Moreno-Carvalho, Ailton Melo   +3 more
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HTLV screening of blood donors using chemiluminescence immunoassay in three major provincial blood centers of China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) remains a major safety concern for blood supplies. Despite many HTLV positive cases being reported in southeastern China, the detection of HTLV has not been prioritized in routine blood screening ...
Junpeng Zhao, Feixue Zhao, Wei Han, Xiaoxuan Xu, Lilin Wang, Ran Li, Tong Li, Linfeng Wu, Dandan Du, Xuezhen Zeng, Xiujuan Cui, Yunlong Chen, Jinfeng Zeng, Lunan Wang   +13 more
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RESEARCH OF ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODIES FROM RETROVIRUSES, CMV AND HBV AMONG PRISONERS OF THE PENITENTIARY COMPLEX OF THE REGION OF CAMPINAS, SP, BRAZIL

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1998
Some viruses of the families Retroviridae, such as Human T Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV); Herpesviridae as the Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Hepadnaviridae such as the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) are liable to be co-transmitted with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (
Neusa Maria OSTI, Antonio Fernando PESTANA DE CASTRO, Lucila COSTALLAT RICCI   +2 more
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Mimicry between HTLV-I and myelinbasicprotein: No response in HTLV-I-associatedmyelopathypatients

, 1992
The reactivity to a peptide from the HTLV-I polyprotein (FKLPGLNSR) and a similar sequence from myelinbasicprotein (MBP) (FKLGGRDSR) was examined in relation to the proposal that mimicry of MBP by HTLV-I could be involved in autoimmune responses in HTLV ...
Carnegie, P.R., Yashiki, S., Davies, J.M., Davies, J. M., Sonoda, S., Osame, M., Carnegie, P. R.   +6 more
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