Telomere Length, Proviral Load and Neurologic Impairment in HTLV-1 and HTLV-2-Infected Subjects [PDF]
Viruses, 2016 Short or damaged telomeres have been implicated in degenerative conditions. We hypothesized that analysis of telomere length (TL) in human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection and HTLV-associated neuropathy might provide clues to the etiology of ...
Benjamin Usadi +5 more
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Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1): Molecular Biology and Oncogenesis
Viruses, 2010 Human T lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs) are complex deltaretroviruses that do not contain a proto-oncogene in their genome, yet are capable of transforming primary T lymphocytes both in vitro and in vivo.
Patrick L. Green, Priya Kannian
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Dolutegravir use is related to lower HTLV-1 proviral load in people co-infected by HIV-1 [PDF]
Communications MedicineBackground 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 +4 more
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Fibromyalgia in patients infected with HTLV-1 and HTLV-2
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundReports on the association between HTLV-2 infection and the development of diseases in the human host are rare, which has led the scientific community to believe that HTLV-2 is not an important etiological agent of lymphoproliferative or ...
Bianca Lumi Inomata Silva +31 more
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TAX and HBZ: hFc Ɣ 1 proteins as targets for passive immunotherapy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2022 Objective(s): Human T leukemia virus type one (HTLV-1) causes two life-threatening diseases in around five percent of infected subjects, a T cell malignancy and a neurodegenerative disease.
Mohammad Akbarin +6 more
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Evaluating the Prevalence of Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus in Blood Donors and Thalassemia and Hemophilia Patients in Rafsanjan and Jiroft Cities of Kerman Province, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Genetic Resources, 2023 Human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) is a member of the retroviridae family that can be transmitted through infected lymphocytes, sex, blood transfusion, and organ transplantation as well as from mother to child by breastfeeding.
Somayeh Mohajeri +9 more
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HTLV-1 Proviral Load in Vaginal Fluid Correlates with Levels in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Pathogens, 2023 Background: The prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infection is higher in women, and sexual intercourse has been described as an important route of male-to-female transmission.
Alisson de Aquino Firmino +8 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2006 It has been 25 years since the discovery of the first human retrovirus,human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) (1). Soon after HTLV-1 was dis-covered, a second human retrovirus, HTLV-2, was described (2). In 2005, twonew human retroviruses, HTLV-3 and HTLV-4, were reported in central Africa(3, 4).
Fernando A, Proietti +1 more
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Prevalence of HBV, HDV and retrovirus infection in the matsés ethnic group in Loreto, Peru
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2020 Observational, cross-sectional, populational study to determine the prevalence of infection by hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis D virus (HDV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) in the Matsés ...
César Cabezas +8 more
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Comparative virology of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 [PDF]
Retrovirology, 2019 Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was the first discovered human retrovirus and the etiologic agent of adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. Shortly after the discovery of HTLV-1, human T-cell leukemia virus type 2 (HTLV-2) was isolated from a patient with hairy cell leukemia.
Michael P. Martinez +2 more
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