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

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2002
We report the cases of 5 adolescents with human T lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis, acquired in all but 1 case from the mother. The first symptom in all patients was difficulty in running, which was present for many years before the final diagnosis was made.
Alexandra P Q C, Araújo, Lucia M C, Fontenelle, Paula A B, Pádua, Heber S, Maia Filho, Abelardo de Q C, Araújo   +4 more
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Hematological changes in human lymphotropic-T virus type 1 carriers

Frontiers 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, Akim Felipe Santos Nobre, Louise Canto Ferreira Covre, Maria de Nazaré do Socorro de Almeida Viana, Ingrid Christiane Silva, Leonardo Miranda dos Santos, Edna Aoba Ishikawa, Carlos Araújo da Costa, Maísa Silva de Sousa   +8 more
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Origin of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Rural Côte d’Ivoire

Emerging 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, Edgard V. Adjogoua, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Claudia Hedemann, Grit Schubert, Heinz Ellerbrok, Siv Aina Jensen Leendertz, Georg Pauli, Fabian H. Leendertz   +8 more
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HTLV-1 and Co-infections

Frontiers 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, Graham P. Taylor, Graham P. Taylor   +2 more
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Seroprevalence of HTLV-1/2 among blood donors in the state of Maranhao, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2014
Background: Infection with human T-lymphotropic virus 1 or 2 (HTLV-1/2) is a major health problem. There is a public health policy defining measures for state hematology and hemotherapy centers in Brazil, in order to avoid virus transmission through ...
Graca Maria de Castro Viana, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandao Nascimento, Rodrigo Artur Souza de Oliveira, Alessandro Carvalho dos Santos, Carolina de Souza Galvao, Marcos Antonio Custodio Neto da Silva   +5 more
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: from HPV to HTLV - clinical profile and associated factors [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
: The Brazilian Ministry of Health recommends the performance of serological tests in patients with clinical signs of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. However, data are lacking to affirm the necessity of testing these patients for human T-lymphotropic ...
Fabíola Suris da Silveira, Renan Rangel Bonamigo   +1 more
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GUILLAIN-BARRÉ syndrome and hemolytic anemia associated with HTLV-1 infection

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2018
Male patient, 54 years old, with a history of Guillain-Barré syndrome, treated with Gabapentin. Four months before admission presents autoimmune hemolytic anemia, treated with prednisone.
Rául Vallejos Núñez, Luka Serquen-Mora, Rossmery Olortegui-León, Dayanne Benites-Gamboa, José Molina-Quenaya   +4 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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Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection in a Patient with Arthritis in Mozambique: Molecular Characterization of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Isolate [PDF]

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 2011
Editor: Last year, we published the results from a cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) in individuals from public health centers in Mozambique.1 Briefly, we observed an overall HTLV-1/2 prevalence of 2.3% (2.9% in female and 1.1% in male subjects) that increased with age, and a regional ...
Adele Caterino-de-Araujo, Mariana Cavalheiro Magri, Emanuela Avelar Silva Costa, Rolanda Carmen Rafael Manuel   +3 more
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Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 protein Tax reduces histone levels

Retrovirology, 2008
Background Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 (HTLV-1) is an oncogenic retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). The virally encoded Tax protein is thought to be necessary and sufficient for T-cell leukemogenesis.
Laybourn Paul J, Bogenberger James M
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