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Respiratory and Urinary Tract Infections, Arthritis, and Asthma Associated with HTLV-I and HTLV-II Infection [PDF]

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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Prevalence of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections among HIV-1-infected asymptomatic individuals in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1997
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1)-infected subjects with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are often infected with multiple pathogens. In particular, HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections have been found more frequently in AIDS patients than in ...
Jorge CASSEB, Adele CATERINO-DE ARAUJO, Marisa A. HONG, Simone SALOMÃO, Dana GALLO, R. Michael HENDRY, Alberto J.S. DUARTE   +6 more
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Molecular Evidence of Human T‑Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Transmission by Needlestick Injury in Healthcare Workers. [PDF]

J Med Virol
ABSTRACT Human T‑cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV‑1) is a retrovirus that spreads primarily through cell‐to‐cell transmission. Occupational transmission of HTLV‐1 by needlestick injury is considered exceedingly rare, with no reported molecularly confirmed cases.
Tokunaga M, Kuramitsu M, Saito M, Yoshimori M, Odawara J, Ito Y, Nakamura H, Sagara Y, Ishii M, Nojiri N, Yoshida-Furihata H, Kuribayashi W, Mizukami T, Miura K, Utsunomiya A.   +14 more
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The Significance of cGAS-STING Signaling in Response to Oncogenic Viruses. [PDF]

Cell Biochem Funct
ABSTRACT The cyclic GMP‐AMP synthase (cGAS)‐stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling pathway, as a key DNA sensor, plays a significant role in the regulation of innate immune responses. This pathway can be activated by sensing abnormal DNA, and is of great significance for resisting the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and maintaining ...
Guo L, Li L, Wang F, Liu W, Zhang Y.
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Targeted Interventions in HAM/TSP: Emerging Therapies and Future Directions - A Narrative Review. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Human T‐Lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) infection can lead to HTLV‐1‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), a debilitating chronic neurological disease characterized by progressive lower limb spasticity and autonomic dysfunction.
Rezaei MM, Nia MK, Rouzbahani KA, Kazemi M, Hosori NA, Norouzi M, Sotoudegan F, Eslami N, Ariamand N, Shahnavaz V, Letafati A, Mozhgani SH.   +11 more
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Plasma proteome analysis in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Human T lymphotropic virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) causes a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system known as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM) which resembles chronic spinal forms of multiple ...
Stumpf, M. P. H. (Michael P. H.), Aviva Witkover, Bangham, Charles RM, Kirk, Paul, Taylor, Graham P, Kirk Paul DW, Lewin Alexandra M, Kirk, Paul DW, Bangham Charles RM, Bangham, C. R. M. (Charles R. M.), Taylor, G. P. (Graham P.), Lewin, Alexandra M, Courtney, A, Kirk, PDW, Richardson, Sylvia, Wait Robin, Witkover, A, Lewin, Alexandra M., Alan Courtney, Robin Wait, Graham P Taylor, Courtney Alan, Michael PH Stumpf, Charles RM Bangham, Witkover Aviva, Witkover, Aviva, Wait, R, Paul DW Kirk, Wait, Robin, Richardson, S, Taylor Graham P, Bangham, CRM, Courtney, Alan, Bangham, CR, Richardson Sylvia, Stumpf, MP, Sylvia Richardson, Stumpf, Michael PH, Kirk, PD, Stumpf, MPH, Taylor, GP, Stumpf Michael PH, Alexandra M Lewin, Lewin, AM   +43 more
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Epidemic Patterns of Hepatitis Type B Virus (HBV) and Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) in Two ATL-Endemic Islands in Kyushu, Japan [PDF]

, 1991
1991-03To evaluate the relationships between human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and hepatitis virus type B (HBV) infections, we compared both individual and geographical distributions of carriers of HTLV-I and HBV, and antibody positives to HBV ...
KINOSHITA, KEN-ICHIRO, TACHIBANA, KAZUNORI, SHIRAHAMA, SATOSHI, NAGATOMO, MASAZUMI, ITO, SHIN-ICHIRO, TAJIMA, KAZUO   +5 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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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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