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HTLV-1 Coinfection among Patients Attending a Large HIV Treatment Centre in Trinidad

Microorganisms, 2022
Studies have shown that HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfected patients tend to have higher CD4+ counts than HIV singly infected patients. Two chart reviews were conducted at initial enrolment among patients attending a large HIV Clinic in Trinidad, one to determine ...
Robert Jeffrey Edwards, Karen Julien-Serrette, Jonathan Edwards, Gregory Boyce   +3 more
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Human T Cell Lymphotrophic virus infection among sexually active individuals in Nigeria: A cross sectional study

Scientific African, 2019
Introduction: Human T Cell Lymphotrophic virus (HTLV) is endemic in many regions of the world including Nigeria but not ubiquitous. It has been shown to be causally associated with T cell leukaemia and other myelopathies.
Babatunde Olusola, Adedayo Faneye, Yewande Nejo, Adewale Opayele, Solomon Bakarey   +4 more
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Association between human papillomavirus and human T-lymphotropic virus in indigenous women from the Peruvian Amazon. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
No association between the Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV), an oncogenic virus that alters host immunity, and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) has previously been reported.
Magaly M Blas, Isaac E Alva, Patricia J Garcia, Cesar Carcamo, Silvia M Montano, Ricardo Muñante, Joseph R Zunt   +6 more
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Respiratory and Urinary Tract Infections, Arthritis, and Asthma Associated with HTLV-I and HTLV-II Infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Human T-lymphotropic virus types I and II (HTLV-I and -II) cause myelopathy; HTLV-I, but not HTLV-II, causes adult T-cell leukemia. Whether HTLV-II is associated with other diseases is unknown.
Edward L. Murphy, Baoguang Wang, Ronald A. Sacher, Joy Fridey, James W. Smith, Catharie C. Nass, Bruce Newman, Helen E. Ownby, George Garratty, Sheila T. Hutching, George B. Schreiber   +10 more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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