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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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Loss of correlation between HIV viral load and CD4+ T-cell counts in HIV/HTLV-1 co-infection in treatment naive Mozambican patients [PDF]

, 2009
Seven hundred and four HIV-1/2-positive, antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve patients were screened for HTLV-1 infection. Antibodies to HTLV-1 were found in 32/704 (4.5%) of the patients.
Augusto, O, Bhatt, N B, Bila, D, Di Mattei, P, Garsia, R, Gudo, E S, Jani, I V, Semá, C   +7 more
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Significance of herpesvirus immediate early gene expression in cellular immunity to cytomegalovirus infection [PDF]

, 1984
Interstitial pneumonia linked with reactivation of latent human cytomegalovirus due to iatrogenic immunosuppression can be a serious complication of bone marrow transplantation therapy of aplastic anaemia and acute leukaemia1.
A Ebeling, AB Rickinson, ARM Townsend, ARM Townsend, B Roizman, BT Rouse, C Taswell, deSt Fazekas, DR Mayo, G Berke, GM Keil, GV Quinnan, JB Hudson, JD Meyers, JD Shanley, JE Grundy, JK Chantler, JR Bennink, JR Marks, LK Borysiewicz, LR Gooding, M Ho, Matthias J. Reddehase, MC Jordan, MF Stinski, MJ Bevan, MJ Imperiale, MJ Reddehase, MJ Reddehase, MR Green, PG Spear, RJ Watson, RM Stenberg, RW Honess, SS Tevethia, UH Koszinowski, Ulrich H. Koszinowski   +36 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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