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HTLV-I Uveitis

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology, 1996
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is known to cause adult T-cell leukemia/T-cell lymphoma and tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy. Recent seroepidemiologic, clinical, and virologic studies indicate that the virus is also related to a certain type of uveitis, which has been classified as uveitis without defined ...
M, Mochizuki   +7 more
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HTLV-I and HTLV-II

2003
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is known as the causative agent for adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). This same virus was found to be related to another human disease, a progressive spastic paraparesis, found independently in two areas of the world, the Caribbean basin and Japan.
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HTLV-1 polymyositis

Neuromuscular Disorders, 1996
The case is described of an HTLV-1 seropositive Jamaican woman who presented with signs and symptoms of polymyositis and myelopathy. A muscle biopsy showed features of myositis with a mononuclear inflammatory infiltrate, variation in fibre size and evidence of regeneration.
C J, Caldwell   +4 more
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HTLV-III Transmission

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
It comes as a relief to all and a surprise to almost none that nosocomial human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) infection is rare. Although the virus has been isolated from fluids such as blood, semen, saliva, urine, and tears, the careful study by Weiss and colleagues 1 suggests that for health care workers exposed on a regular basis to ...
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Infection with human retroviruses other than HIV-1: HIV-2, HTLV-1, HTLV-2, HTLV-3 and HTLV-4

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2015
HIV-1 is the most prevalent retrovirus, with over 30 million people infected worldwide. Nevertheless, infection caused by other human retroviruses like HIV-2, HTLV-1, HTLV-2, HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 is gaining importance. Initially confined to specific geographical areas, HIV-2, HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are becoming a major concern in non-endemic countries due to ...
David, Nicolás   +6 more
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The human HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 retroviruses: New members of the HTLV family

Pathologie Biologie, 2009
Human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus Type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2), together with their simian counterparts (STLV-1, STLV-2), belong to the Primate T lymphotropic viruses group (PTLV). HTLV-1 infects 15 to 20million people worldwide, while STLV-1 is endemic in a number of simian or ape species living in Africa or Asia.
Mahieux, Renaud, Gessain, Antoine
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HTLV in Sweden

Aids Reviews
Sweden is a country with a low prevalence of human lymphotropic T-cell virus (HTLV) infection, estimated at < 0.005%, but the infection rate is notably higher in specific risk groups such as HTLV-2 among intravenous drug users (IVDU) and people originating from HTLV-1 highly endemic areas.
Jan, Vesterbacka   +2 more
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HTLV-III AIDS Link

The American Journal of Nursing, 1985
This article reviews current evidence regarding the etiology diagnosis and treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) is considered the cause of AIDS. In addition to the opportunistic infections that comprise AIDS HTLV-III infection many manifest in other tumors in immunologic and blood
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