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Variant Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1c and Adult T-cell Leukemia, Australia

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 is endemic to central Australia among Indigenous Australians. However, virologic and clinical aspects of infection remain poorly understood.
Lloyd Einsiedel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hematological changes in human lymphotropic-T virus type 1 carriers

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), isolated in 1980, causes T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in adulthood, a type of lymphoproliferative disease, and chronic HTLV-1-associated myelopathy, a disease that causes paralysis of the lower limbs, which ...
Jairo Falcão Ribeiro   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immune compromise in HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfection with paradoxical resolution of CD4 lymphocytosis during antiretroviral therapy: a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) and human T lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infections have complex effects on adaptive immunity, with specific tropism for, but contrasting effects on, CD4 T lymphocytes: depletion with HIV-1, proliferation
Bangham, C   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection Influences Hepatitis C Virus Clearance [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2001
To explore the effect of human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection on hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a survey for these viral infections was conducted that involved 2280 residents in an area in which HTLV-1 and HCV are endemic. The response of patients with HCV and HTLV-1 to interferon (IFN)-alpha treatment was also assessed. Antibody to
Y, Kishihara   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Overview: Viral Agents and Cancer. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Substantial evidence indicates that several common viruses are clearly or probable causal factors in the etiology of specific malignancies. These viruses either normally establish latency or can become persistent infections.
Mueller, Nancy Elsa
core   +1 more source

Parkinsonism in a Patient with Human T-lymphotropic Virus 1 Myelopathy. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus, 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 parkinsonism.
Afzal H, Kadakia S, Lev S.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Origin of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Rural Côte d’Ivoire

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
Simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) strains occasionally infect humans. However, the frequency of such infections is unknown. We show that direct transmission of STLV-1 from nonhuman primates to humans may be responsible for a substantial ...
Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human T-lymphotropic virus and transfusion safety. Does one size fit all? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Human T-cell leukemia viruses (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) are associated with a variety of human diseases, including some severe ones. Transfusion transmission of HTLV through cellular blood components is undeniable.
Catalano, Liviana   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Acute Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1–Associated Myelopathy [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Neurology, 2003
Recently, acute human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy (HAM) was reported clinically without pathologic information. We report an autopsy case of acute HAM.To report the case of a 52-year-old man with acute-onset gait disturbance followed by rapidly progressive paraplegia, who died 9 months later.The postmortem study showed swelling of
Naoki, Kasahata   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

HTLV-1 and Co-infections

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that causes lifelong T-cell infection in humans, impacting the host immune response. This virus causes a range of clinical manifestations, from inflammatory conditions, including neuronal damage (
Carolina Rosadas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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