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Prevalence and Risk Factors for HTLV-1/2 Infection in Quilombo Remnant Communities Living in the Brazilian Amazon

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Human T-lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) are retroviruses that originated on the African continent and dispersed throughout other continents through human migratory flows. This study describes the prevalence of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infection
Wandrey Roberto dos Santos Brito, Wandrey Roberto dos Santos Brito, Greice de Lemos Cardoso-Costa, Greice de Lemos Cardoso-Costa, Lourival Marques Roland Junior, Lourival Marques Roland Junior, Keise Adrielle Santos Pereira, Keise Adrielle Santos Pereira, Felipe Teixeira Lopes, Felipe Teixeira Lopes, Bernardo Cintra dos Santos, Aline Cecy Rocha de Lima, Aline Cecy Rocha de Lima, Isabella Nogueira Abreu, Isabella Nogueira Abreu, Carlos Neandro Cordeiro Lima, Carlos Neandro Cordeiro Lima, Sandra Souza Lima, Izaura M. Vieira Cayres Vallinoto, Izaura M. Vieira Cayres Vallinoto, Eduardo José Melo dos Santos, Eduardo José Melo dos Santos, João Farias Guerreiro, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto   +24 more
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Absence of ZAP-70 prevents signaling through the antigen receptor on peripheral blood T cells but not on thymocytes. [PDF]

, 1995
Recently, a severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome with a deficiency of CD8+ peripheral T cells and a TCR signal transduction defect in peripheral CD4+ T cells was associated with mutations in ZAP-70.
Gelfand, EW, Kadlecek, TA, Mazer, BD, Weinberg, K, Weiss, A   +4 more
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Importancia en el sistema de salud de la infección por Treponema pallidum, la enfermedad de Chagas y el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana 1 en amerindios de Argentina: un estudio observacional [PDF]

, 2017
El objetivo de este trabajo fue estimar la prevalencia de Treponema pallidum, Trypanosoma cruzi y virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (HIV-1) en 5 comunidades originarias de Argentina.
Berini, Carolina Andrea, Biglione, Mirna Marcela, de Rissio, Ana María, Delfino, Cecilia María, Eirin, Maria Emilia, Espejo, Rogelio, Gallo Vaulet, Maria Lucia, Malan, Richard, Pedrozo, Williams René, Puca, Alberto, Rodríguez Fermepin, Marcelo   +10 more
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Global stability of a general HTLV-I infection model with Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte immune response and mitotic transmission

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023
Mathematical models have been considered as a robust tool to support biological and medical studies of human viral infections. The global stability of viral infection models remains an important and largely open research problem.
A.M. Elaiw, A.S. Shflot, A.D. Hobiny
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Human T-lymphotropic virus 1/2 infection among immigrants and refugees in Central Brazil, an emerging vulnerable population

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionMigratory flows play a significant role in the spread of human T-lymphotropic virus 1/2 (HTLV-1/2). In the last decade, a substantial migration of individuals occurred from Haiti and Venezuela to Brazil.
Thaís Augusto Marinho, Larissa Silva Magalhães, Kamila Cardoso dos Santos, Thaynara Lorrane Silva Martins, Grazielle Rosa da Costa e Silva, Ágabo Macedo da Costa e Silva, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro, Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano, Sheila Araújo Teles, Regina Maria Bringel Martins   +9 more
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Extracellular Vesicles in HTLV-1 Communication: The Story of an Invisible Messenger

Viruses, 2020
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infects 5–10 million people worldwide and is the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) as well as other ...
Sarah Al Sharif, Daniel O. Pinto, Gifty A. Mensah, Fatemeh Dehbandi, Pooja Khatkar, Yuriy Kim, Heather Branscome, Fatah Kashanchi   +7 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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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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Screening donors for xenotransplantation: The potential for xenozoonoses [PDF]

, 1994
Xenotransplantation is a potential solution to the current donor shortage for solid organ transplantation. The transmission of infectious agents from donor organs or bone marrow to the recipient is a well-recognized phenomenon following ...
Kahleen, B, Kalter, S, McMichael, JP, Michaels, MG, Peters, RL, Simmons, RL, Starzl, TE   +6 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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