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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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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and HTLV I-II in a Blood Bank in Medellín, Colombia, 2019–2022

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and HTLV I-II in donors from a blood bank in Medellin, Colombia, 2019–2022. A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out with three
Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias, Luis Felipe Higuita-Gutiérrez   +1 more
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Increased All-Cause and Cancer Mortality in HTLV-II Infection [PDF]

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2010
Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-I and HTLV-II cause chronic human retroviral infections, but few studies have examined the impact of either virus on survival among otherwise healthy individuals. The authors analyzed all-cause and cancer mortality in a prospective cohort of 155 HTLV-I, 387 HTLV-II, and 799 seronegative subjects.Vital status was ...
Biswas, Hope H, Kaidarova, Zhanna, Garratty, George, Gibble, Joan W, Newman, Bruce H, Smith, James W, Ziman, Alyssa, Fridey, Joy L, Sacher, Ronald A, Murphy, Edward L   +9 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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Performance evaluation of Espline HTLV-I/II, a newly developed rapid immunochromatographic antibody test for different diagnostic situations

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Antibody screening tests for human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) are performed based on methods such as chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA), chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA), electrochemiluminescence immunoassay, and particle ...
Madoka Kuramitsu, Haruka Momose, Yuichiro Uchida, Kenji Ishitsuka, Ryuji Kubota, Masahito Tokunaga, Atae Utsunomiya, Kunihiko Umekita, Yuuki Hashikura, Kisato Nosaka, Ki-Ryang Koh, Hitomi Nakamura, Yasuko Sagara, Rieko Sobata, Masahiro Satake, Koh Nagata, Yuri Hasegawa, Daisuke Sasaki, Hiroo Hasegawa, Tomoo Sato, Yoshihisa Yamano, Kou Hiraga, Kenta Tezuka, Emi Ikebe, Sahoko Matsuoka, Kazu Okuma, Toshiki Watanabe, Kiyonori Miura, Isao Hamaguchi   +28 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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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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Prevalence and risk factors for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HTLV-I/II infection in low-income postpartum and pregnant women in Greater Metropolitan Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil Prevalência e fatores de risco para a infecção por HIV, sífilis, hepatite B, hepatite C e HTLV-I/II em parturientes e gestantes de baixa renda atendidas na Região Metropolitana de Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2009
Sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy pose a major risk to the fetus due to vertical transmission. The study's objective was to determine the prevalence of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C, and HTLV-I/II infection among low-income postpartum ...
Lucia Helena Mello de Lima, Maria Carmen Viana   +1 more
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Neurologic consequences of HTLV-II infection in injection-drug users

Neurology, 1996
Several case reports have suggested an association between human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) infection and chronic neurologic disease. We performed serial neurologic examinations in injection-drug users (IDU), a group known to be at increased risk for HTLV-II infection.
Dooneief, G, Marlink, R, Bell, K, Marder, K, Renjifo, B, Stern, Yaakov, Mayeux, R   +6 more
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Seroprevalence of HIV, HTLV-I/II and other perinatally-transmitted pathogens in Salvador, Bahia Soroprevalência do HIV, HTLV-I/II e outros patógenos de transmissão perinatal em Salvador, Bahia

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1995
Generation of epidemiological data on perinatally-transmitted infections is a fundamental tool for the formulation of health policies. In Brazil, this information is scarce, particularly in Northeast, the poorest region of the country.
Jairo Ivo dos Santos, Maria Aparecida de Araújo Lopes, Elizabeth Deliège-Vasconcelos, José Carlos Couto-Fernandez, Balmukund Niljay Patel, Maurício Lima Barreto, Orlando C Ferreira Jr., Bernardo Galvão-Castro   +7 more
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