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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 [PDF]

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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HTLV-1/2 Infection in Blood Donors from a Non-Endemic Area (Catalonia, Spain) between 2008 and 2017: A 10-Year Experience

Viruses, 2022
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) screening is not mandatory in Spanish blood banks. In Catalonia, selective screening was introduced in 2008, followed by universal screening in 2011.
Maria Piron, Fernando Salvador, Estrella Caballero, Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Marta Bes, Natàlia Casamitjana, Lluís Puig, Israel Molina, Silvia Sauleda   +8 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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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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HTLV-I/II and blood donors: determinants associated with seropositivity in a low risk population

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2003
OBJECTIVE: Blood donors in Brazil have been routinely screened for HTLV-I/II since 1993. A study was performed to estimate the prevalence of HTLV-I/II infection in a low risk population and to better understand determinants associated with seropositivity.
Bernadette Catalan Soares, Anna Bárbara de F Carneiro Proietti, Fernando Augusto Proietti   +2 more
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Performances of HTLV serological tests in diagnosing HTLV infection in high-risk population of São Paulo, Brazil Desempenho de testes sorológicos para o diagnóstico de infecção por HTLV em população de alto-risco de São Paulo, Brasil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2007
Testing problems in diagnosing human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection, mostly HTLV-II, have been documented in HIV/AIDS patients. Since December 1998, the Immunology Department of Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) offers HTLV-I/II serology to Public ...
Fabrício Jacob, Elizabeth de los Santos-Fortuna, Raymundo Soares Azevedo, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo   +3 more
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus types I and II infections in a cohort of patients with neurological disorders in Belém, Pará, Brazil Infecção pelos vírus linfotrópicos humanos de células T tipos I e II entre pacientes com doença neurológica em Belém, Pará, Brasil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2004
Serum- and/or- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples obtained from 190 patients suffering from chronic, progressive neurological disease were screened for the presence of human T-cell lymphotropic viruses type I (HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II) antibodies over
Olinda Macêdo, Telma V. Ribeiro-Lima, Adriana de O. Linhares, Antônio de Moura, Maria de Lourdes C. Gomes, Alexandre C. Linhares   +5 more
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Erectile insufficiency as first symptom of HTLV-I/II associated myelopathy: case report Insuficiência erétil como primeiro sintoma da mielopatia associada ao HTLV I/II: relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1998
A case of HTLV-I/II myelopathy in which the initial complaint was erectile insufficiency (EI) is reported. The only abnormalities found on the neurological exam were discrete weakness of the psoas and increased knee jerk reflexes.
JOSÉ TEOTONIO OLIVEIRA, ANNA BÁRBARA F. CARNEIRO-PROIETTI, MARIA VIRGÍNIA C. LIMA-MARTINS, MARINA LOBATO MARTINS, FERNANDO AUGUSTO PROIETTI   +4 more
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Increased mortality associated with HTLV-II infection in blood donors: a prospective cohort study

Retrovirology, 2004
Background HTLV-I is associated with adult T-cell leukemia, and both HTLV-I and -II are associated with HTLV-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).
Smith James W, Garratty George, Nass Catharie C, Wright David J, Wang Baoguang, Orland Jennie R, Newman Bruce, Smith Donna M, Murphy Edward L   +8 more
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Clinical and epidemiological aspects of HTLV-II infection in São Paulo, Brazil: presence of Tropical Spastic Paraparesis/HTLV-Associated Myelopathy (TSP/HAM) simile diagnosis in HIV-1-co-infected subjects Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da infecção pelo vírus linfotrópico de células T humanas do tipo 2 (HTLV-II) em São Paulo, Brasil: presença de paraparesia espástica tropical/mielopatia associada ao HTLV em pacientes co-infectados pelo HIV-1

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2006
In this study, the epidemiological and clinical features observed in solely HTLV-II-infected individuals were compared to those in patients co-infected with HIV-1.
Maria Paulina Posada-Vergara, Patrícia Montanheiro, Ligia M.I. Fukumori, Francisco Bonasser, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Augusto Cesar Penalva de Oliveira, Jorge Casseb   +6 more
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