HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1 (HTLV-1) AND HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2 (HTLV-2): GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH TRENDS AND COLLABORATION NETWORKS (1989-2012) [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2016 Publications are often used as a measure of research work success. Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type 1 and 2 are human retroviruses, which were discovered in the early 1980s, and it is estimated that 15-20 million people are infected worldwide. This
Gregorio GONZÁLEZ-ALCAIDE +4 more
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Human T Lymphotropic virus-1 associated gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in Peru
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011 We report a 72-year-old patient with chronic diarrhoea and histologic evidence of gastrointestinal histoplasmosis. He had no history of HIV or of taking immunosuppressive drugs.
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Parkinsonism in a Patient with Human T-lymphotropic Virus 1 Myelopathy. [PDF]
Cureus, 2018 Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) infection is commonly associated with neurological conditions like chronic progressive myelopathy and tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) but rarely also reported with polymyositis, multiple sclerosis, and ...
Afzal H, Kadakia S, Lev S.
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Importance of a Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis in Strongyloides Stercoralis and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 Co-infection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2017 Strongyloides (S.) stercoralis and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 (HTLV-1) share some endemic regions such as Japan, Jamaica, and South America and are mostly diagnosed elsewhere in immigrants from endemic areas.
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Human T-Lymphotropic Virus-1–Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Is Associated With Sexual Dysfunction in Infected Women of Reproductive Age [PDF]
Sexual Medicine, 2018 Introduction: Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-1–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a neurological disorder that mostly affects women.
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NLRP3 polymorphism is associated with protection against human T-lymphotropic virus 1 infection [PDF]
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2014 Inter-individual heterogeneity in the response to human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) infection has been partially attributed to host genetic background. The antiviral activity of the inflammasome cytoplasmic complex recognises viral molecular patterns
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021 INTRODUCTION We present a data analysis and review of recent studies regarding the laboratory diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic virus 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) infections in Brazil.
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Strongyloidiasis and infective dermatitis alter human T lymphotropic virus-1 clonality in vivo. [PDF]
PLoS Pathog, 2013 Human T-lymphotropic Virus-1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that persists lifelong by driving clonal proliferation of infected T-cells. HTLV-1 causes a neuroinflammatory disease and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Strongyloidiasis, a gastrointestinal infection
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Physiotherapy for human T-lymphotropic virus 1-associated myelopathy: review of the literature and future perspectives. [PDF]
J Multidiscip Healthc, 2015 Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) infection may be associated with damage to the spinal cord – HTLV-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis – and other neurological symptoms that compromise everyday life activities.
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Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1): Molecular Biology and Oncogenesis [PDF]
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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