The inaugural AIDS Program in Brazil was established in São Paulo in 1983, with the Instituto Adolfo Lutz appointed for laboratory assistance. Subsequently, research on HIV infections and HIV/HTLV (HIV/HTLV-1 and HIV/HTLV-2) co-infections was conducted ...
Adele Caterino-de-Araujo
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High prevalence of skin disorders among HTLV-1 infected individuals independent of clinical status. [PDF]
BackgroundHuman T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection can increase the risk of developing skin disorders. This study evaluated the correlation between HTLV-1 proviral load and CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells count among HTLV-1 infected ...
Renata Okajima +4 more
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HAM/TSP and major depression: the role of age
Objective: To investigate the role of demographic variables in the relationship between the presence of HAM/TSP and current major depression. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study of 108 HTLV-1 infected patients (47 with TSP/HAM) resident of Salvador ...
Ney Boa-Sorte +4 more
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in French Guiana (1990-2019): Epidemiology, clinical features, and HTLV-1 genetic diversity in the two main ethnic populations. [PDF]
What's new? Adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a rare and aggressive malignancy caused by human T‐cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV‐1). The authors comprehensively analyzed the epidemiological and clinical features of ATL over a 30‐year period in French Guiana, a region with high HTLV‐1 endemicity and a multiethnic population.
Ramassamy JL +16 more
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Chronic adult T-cell Leukemia in a young male after blood transfusion as a newborn [PDF]
Human T-cell Lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the etiological agent of Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HTM/TSP).
Altube, Alejandra +10 more
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Comparative virology of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 [PDF]
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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Background: The prevalence of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) associated with Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) (HTLV-1/KCS) has been estimated at around 37%, but its clinical manifestations are poorly described.
Regina Helena Rathsam-Pinheiro +6 more
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Research on motor neuron diseases konzo and neurolathyrism : trends from 1990 to 2010 [PDF]
Konzo (caused by consumption of improperly processed cassava, Manihot esculenta) and neurolathyrism (caused by prolonged overconsumption of grass pea, Lathyrus sativus) are two distinct non-infectious upper motor neurone diseases with identical clinical ...
Diasolua Ngudi, Delphin +3 more
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طراحی مهارکنندههای جدید پپتیدی با گروههای عاملی بر پایه بنزن برای پروتئاز ویروس HTLV-1 با روشهای محاسباتی [PDF]
زمینه و هدف : ویروس htlv-1 جز خانواده رتروویروسها میباشد ، این ویروس در انسان باعث ایجاد بیماریهایی نظیر لوسمی T-Cell بزرگسالان (ATL )، HAM/TSP و ... میگردد .
جواد ملکی +3 more
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Significance of herpesvirus immediate early gene expression in cellular immunity to cytomegalovirus infection [PDF]
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 +36 more
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