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Leucoreduction of blood components. an effective way to increase blood safety? [PDF]

, 2015
Over the past 30 years, it has been demonstrated that removal of white blood cells from blood components is effective in preventing some adverse reactions such as febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions, immunisation against human leucocyte antigens
Bianchi, Maria, Facco, Giuseppina, Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M, Marano, Giuseppe, Pupella, Simonetta, VAGLIO, Stefania   +6 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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Dynamics of perinatal bovine leukemia virus infection [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is highly endemic in many countries, including Argentina. As prevention of the spread from infected animals is of primary importance in breaking the cycle of BLV transmission, it is important to know the ...
Alvarez, Irene, Gutiérrez, Gerónimo, Merlini, Ramiro, Rondelli, Flavia, Trono, Karina Gabriela   +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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THE CELLULAR RECEPTOR (CD4) OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IS EXPRESSED ON NEURONS AND GLIAL CELLS IN HUMAN BRAIN [PDF]

, 1987
The peculiar tropism of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for T helper lymphocytes can be explained by a specific interaction between the virus and the CD4 molecule on these cells (1, 2).
Funke, Ilona, Hahn, Alfred, Rieber, Ernst Peter, Riethmüller, Gert, Weiss, Elisabeth H.   +4 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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High prevalence of bronchiectasis is linked to HTLV-1-associated inflammatory disease. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), a retrovirus, is the causative agent of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL).
A Gessain, A Gessain, AH Smith, AM Vine, CR Bangham, D Weycker, E Gotuzzo, EL Murphy, F Okada, Graham P Taylor, H Kawai, H Merle, H Nakamura, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to Humans, J Crofton, JR Orland, K Nishioka, L Einsiedel, L Einsiedel, L Einsiedel, L LaGrenade, M Nagai, M Nakagawa, M Osame, M Sugimoto, M Sugimoto, MA Demontis, MG Flynn, OS Morgan, PJ McShane, S Mita, S Mori, Shohreh Honarbakhsh, T Arakaki, T Kondo, T Matsuda, T Yamashiro, W Matsuyama   +37 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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Immune compromise in HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfection with paradoxical resolution of CD4 lymphocytosis during antiretroviral therapy: a case report [PDF]

, 2015
Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) and human T lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infections have complex effects on adaptive immunity, with specific tropism for, but contrasting effects on, CD4 T lymphocytes: depletion with HIV-1, proliferation
Bangham, C, Basnayake, S, Cook, L, Kagdi, H, Pozniak, A, Rockwood, N, Taylor, GP   +6 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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