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Cellular factors involved in HTLV-1 entry and pathogenicity

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of adult T cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1–associated myelopathy and tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).
Hiroo eHoshino
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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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High Prevalence and Risk Factors for Infection with Human T-Lymphotropic Viruses 1 and 2 in the Municipality of Ananindeua, Pará, Northern Brazil

Viruses
This descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study evaluated HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infections in Ananindeua, northern Brazil. Individuals were screened for anti-HTLV-1/2 using ELISA (Murex HTLV-I + II, DiaSorin).
Dara da Costa Soares, Felipe Teixeira Lopes, Gabriel dos Santos Pereira Neto, Luciana Cristina Coelho Pantoja Santos, Aline Cecy Rocha Lima, Bruno Sarmento Botelho, Isabella Nogueira Abreu, Felipe Bonfim Freitas, Ricardo Ishak, Izaura Maria Vieira Cayres Vallinoto, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto   +10 more
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Evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold for the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in HTLV-1-Infected Patients

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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is associated with an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) test for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection in ...
Luana Leandro Gois, Natália Barbosa Carvalho, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, Carlos Gustavo Regis-Silva, Thainá Gonçalves Tolentino Figueiredo, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Edgar Marcelino Carvalho, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi   +7 more
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Hepatitis C viral load in HCV-monoinfected and HCV/HIV-1-, HCV/HTLV-1/-2-, and HCV/HIV/HTLV-1/-2-co-infected patients from São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Co-infections of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and either human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) or type 2 (HTLV-2) have been described as having an impact on HCV viremia and subsequent disease progression.
Fabiana Aparecida Alves, Karoline Rodrigues Campos, Marcílio Figueiredo Lemos, Regina Célia Moreira, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo   +4 more
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High expression of Rex-orf-I and HBZ mRNAs and bronchiectasis in lung of HTLV-1A/C infected macaques

Nature Communications
HTLV-1 type-A rarely causes lung disease in humans, whereas HTLV-1 type-C is more frequently associated with respiratory failure and premature death.
Sarkis Sarkis, Anna Gutowska, Mohammad Arif Rahman, Luca Schifanella, Katherine C. Goldfarbmuren, Massimiliano Bissa, Ramona Moles, Christina Ramirez, Elijah F. Edmondson, Andrew Warner, Melvin Doster, Isabela Silva de Castro, Robyn Washington-Parks, Sophia Brown, Joshua Kramer, Matthew W. Breed, Kristin E. Killoran, Yogita Jethmalani, Leonid Serebryannyy, Damian FJ. Purcell, Cynthia A. Pise-Masison, Genoveffa Franchini   +21 more
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HTLV-I and HTLV-II in Africans. [PDF]

Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1995
A, Vallejo, V, Soriano, M, Gutiérrez, C, Gómez, J, González-Lahoz   +4 more
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[HTLV-I AND HTLV-II in Spain].

Anales de medicina interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984), 1995
Up to October 1994, twenty-four HTLV-I and 113 HTLV-II infected persons have been identified in Spain. A third of HTLV-I carriers were immigrants coming from endemic regions. In contrast, most HTLV-II-infected persons were Spanish native drug users. Four cases of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (TSP) were found, and three patients suffered lymphoma (ATL).
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Dolutegravir use is related to lower HTLV-1 proviral load in people co-infected by HIV-1

Communications Medicine
Background Infection by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) affects millions of people worldwide and causes severe diseases. To date, no specific treatment is available for HTLV infection. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact
Tatiana Fernandez, María B. Arriaga, Rafaela Mayoral, Eduardo M. Netto, Carlos Brites   +4 more
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HTLV-I Infection: Virus structure, Immune Response to the Virus and Genetic Association Studies in HTLV-I-Infected Individuals

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2006
Although the structure of human T lymphoptropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has been known well, the function of some proteins encoded by HTLV-I PX region is not fully understood.
Houshang Rafatpanah, Reza Farid, Gelareh Golanbar, Farahzad Jabbari Azad   +3 more
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