Results 1 to 10 of about 30,385 (208)

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
core   +1 more source

The roles of acquired and innate immunity in human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-mediated diseases

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in small subsets of HTLV-1-carriers.
Mari eKannagi, Atsuhiko eHasegawa, Ayako eTakamori, Shuichi eKinpara, Atae eUtsunomiya   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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.
Augusto, O, Bhatt, N B, Bila, D, Di Mattei, P, Garsia, R, Gudo, E S, Jani, I V, Semá, C   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) proviral DNA viral load among asymptomatic patients and patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2005
To evaluate the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) proviral DNA load among asymptomatic HTLV-I-infected carriers and patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), real time PCR using TaqMan probes for the
P.A. Montanheiro, A.C. Penalva de Oliveira, M.P. Posada-Vergara, A.C. Milagres, C. Tauil, P.E. Marchiori, A.J.S. Duarte, J. Casseb   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socio-Demographic, Clinical, and Mortality Differences between HIV-Infected and HIV/HTLV-1 Co-Infected Patients in Peru

Pathogens, 2023
Background and aims: In Peru, the estimated prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human T-lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) co-infection has been reported to be as high as 18%.
Maria Pia Amanzo-Vargas, Tessy Arellano-Veintemilla, Elsa González-Lagos, Juan Echevarría, Fernando Mejía, Ana Graña, Eduardo Gotuzzo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Significance of herpesvirus immediate early gene expression in cellular immunity to cytomegalovirus infection [PDF]

, 1984
Interstitial pneumonia linked with reactivation of latent human cytomegalovirus due to iatrogenic immunosuppression can be a serious complication of bone marrow transplantation therapy of aplastic anaemia and acute leukaemia1.
A Ebeling, AB Rickinson, ARM Townsend, ARM Townsend, B Roizman, BT Rouse, C Taswell, deSt Fazekas, DR Mayo, G Berke, GM Keil, GV Quinnan, JB Hudson, JD Meyers, JD Shanley, JE Grundy, JK Chantler, JR Bennink, JR Marks, LK Borysiewicz, LR Gooding, M Ho, Matthias J. Reddehase, MC Jordan, MF Stinski, MJ Bevan, MJ Imperiale, MJ Reddehase, MJ Reddehase, MR Green, PG Spear, RJ Watson, RM Stenberg, RW Honess, SS Tevethia, UH Koszinowski, Ulrich H. Koszinowski   +36 more
core   +1 more source

Identification of Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) Subtypes Using Restrited Fragment Length Polymorphism in a Cohort of Asymptomatic Carriers and Patients with HTLV-I-associated Myelopathy/tropical Spastic Paraparesis from São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002
Although human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) exhibits high genetic stability, as compared to other RNA viruses and particularly to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), genotypic subtypes of this human retrovirus have been characterized in isolates ...
Aluisio AC Segurado, Cláudia Biasutti, Rogério Zeigler, Cristhieni Rodrigues, Cristine D Damas, Maria Lúcia SG Jorge, Paulo E Marchiori   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
Eberle, J., Emminger, Ch., Gürtler, L., Mayer, G., Strobel, Erwin   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Dichotomy in Fatal Outcomes in a Large Cohort of People Living with HTLV-1 in São Paulo, Brazil

Pathogens, 2019
Background: Despite its relatively low incidence of associated diseases, Human T-cell Leukemia Virus-1 (HTLV-1) infection was reported to carry a significant risk of mortality in several endemic areas.
Rosa Maria N. Marcusso, Johan Van Weyenbergh, João Victor Luisi de Moura, Flávia Esper Dahy, Aline de Moura Brasil Matos, Michel E. J. Haziot, Jose E. Vidal, Luiz Augusto M. Fonseca, Jerusa Smid, Tatiane Assone, Jorge Casseb, Augusto César Penalva de Oliveira   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source