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Loss of correlation between HIV viral load and CD4+ T-cell counts in HIV/HTLV-1 co-infection in treatment naive Mozambican patients [PDF]

, 2009
Seven hundred and four HIV-1/2-positive, antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve patients were screened for HTLV-1 infection. Antibodies to HTLV-1 were found in 32/704 (4.5%) of the patients.
Bila, D, Gudo, E S, Jani, I V, Semá, C, Bhatt, N B, Di Mattei, P, Augusto, O, Garsia, R   +7 more
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Coinfection by HTLV-I/II is associated with an increased risk of strongyloidiasis and delay in starting antiretroviral therapy for AIDS patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Objective: To compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes of HIV-1-HTLV-1 coinfected patients, in Bahia, Brazil. Methods: Retrospective, comparative study. Results: Among a total of 123 consecutive HIV infected patients, 20 men (20.6%) and 6 women (
C. Brites, F. Goyanna, L.G. França, C. Pedroso, E.M. Netto, S. Adriano, J. Sampaio, W. Harrington, Jr   +7 more
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Does HTLV-1 Infection Show Phenotypes Found in Sjögren’s Syndrome?

Viruses, 2022
Viruses are a possible cause for Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) as an environmental factor related to SS onset, which exhibits exocrine gland dysfunction and the emergence of autoantibodies.
Hideki Nakamura, Masako Tsukamoto, Yosuke Nagasawa, Noboru Kitamura, Toshimasa Shimizu, Atsushi Kawakami, Kinya Nagata, Masami Takei   +7 more
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Is the innate bio-protection power against human virus the same between males and females? A conclusion based on blood donor data of HTLV-I infection [PDF]

, 2008
Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is a retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia. The male-to-female transmission is stronger than the reverse, so the carrier proportion of women is greater than that of men.
Minoru Tabata, Yasunori Higuchi, Nobuoki Eshima, Shigeru Karukaya   +3 more
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: report of two cases Leucemia/linfoma de células T do adulto: relato de dois casos

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma is a lymphoproliferative disorder of mature T lymphocytes associated with infection with human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I (HTLV-I).
Ricardo Aparecido Olivo, Fabrício Frederico Mendes Martins, Sheila Soares, Helio Moraes-Souza   +3 more
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A novel high-performance rapid screening test for the detection of total HTLV-I and HTLV-II antibodies in HTLV-I/II infected patients

BMC Infectious Diseases
Rapid diagnosis of human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type-I and -II infections are essential for timely and cost-effective disease interventions.
Lay Sin Teoh, Vincent Guiraud, Haris Ong, Yang Du, Zhihai Zhao, Agnès Gautheret-Dejean, Na Xu   +6 more
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II in Guaraní Indians, Southern Brazil Vírus linfotrópico de células T-humanas do tipo II em Índios Guaraní, Sul do Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2005
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) is found in many New World Indian groups on the American continent. In Brazil, HTLV-II has been found among urban residents and Indians in the Amazon region, in the North.
Marcio Menna-Barreto, Ana Ligia Bender, Sandro L. Bonatto, Loreta B. Freitas, Francisco M. Salzano, Luiza T. Tsuneto, Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler   +6 more
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HIV Testing and Care Among Publicly Insured Enrollees With Schizophrenia: Is There a Benefit to Dual Eligibility?

Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Background Patients with schizophrenia experience gaps in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care continuum. We examined the impact of dual enrollment in Medicare upon HIV testing and retention among Medicaid‐enrolled patients with schizophrenia.
Karly Murphy, Marilyn D. Thomas, Paola Alonso‐Fraire, Alexander R. Bazazi, Priya Dahiya, Mark Olfson, Francine Cournos, Emily Arnold, James Dilley, Paul Wesson, Richard Hermida, James Walkup, Stephen Crystal, Christina Mangurian   +13 more
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Disulfide-mediated apoptosis of human T-lymphotrophc virus type-I (HTLV-I)-infected cells in patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to construct a basis for a therapeutic strategy against human T-lymphotropic virus type-I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) using a compound that contained a disulfide moiety ...
Eguchi, Katsumi, Nakamura, Hideki, Fukushima, Naomi, Ida, Hiroaki, Nishiura, Yoshihiro, Nakamura, Tatsufumi, Aramaki, Toshiyuki   +6 more
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Glycoengineered Recombinant Alpha1‐Antitrypsin Results in Comparable In Vitro and In Vivo Activities to Human Plasma‐Derived Protein

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Volume 123, Issue 10, Page 2605-2612, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Alpha‐1‐antitrypsin (A1AT) is a multifunctional, clinically important, high‐value therapeutic glycoprotein that can be used for the treatment of many diseases, such as A1AT deficiency, diabetes, graft‐versus‐host disease, cystic fibrosis, and various viral infections. Currently, the only U.S. food and drug administration‐approved treatment for
Frances Rocamora, Chen‐Lin Hsieh, Sanne Schoffelen, Johnny Arnsdorf, Eric A. Toth, Abdul S. Yunus, Thomas E. Cleveland IV, Sara Petersen Bjørn, Mina Ying Min Wu, Noel G. McElvaney, Bjørn Gunnar Rude Voldborg, Thomas R. Fuerst, Nathan E. Lewis   +12 more
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