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 (
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No genetic evidence for involvement of Deltaretroviruses in adult patients with precursor and mature T-cell neoplasms [PDF]
, 2007 Background The Deltaretrovirus genus comprises viruses that infect humans (HTLV), various simian species (STLV) and cattle (BLV). HTLV-I is the main causative agent in adult T-cell leukemia in endemic areas and some of the simian T-cell lymphotropic ...
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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 +5 more
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Type I Interferon at the Interface of Antiviral Immunity and Immune Regulation: The Curious Case of HIV-1. [PDF]
, 2013 Type I interferon (IFN-I) play a critical role in the innate immune response against viral infections. They actively participate in antiviral immunity by inducing molecular mechanisms of viral restriction and by limiting the spread of the infection, but ...
Boasso, A
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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 ...
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Assessment of Awareness and Knowledge Regarding Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Among Healthcare Workers at Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran, in 2023-2024, A Cross-Sectional Descriptive-Analytical Study. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aim Human T‐Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV‐1), is responsible for serious diseases such as Adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV‐1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). This research aimed to explore the level of awareness and knowledge of HTLV‐1 among healthcare professionals working at Imam ...
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Loss of correlation between HIV viral load and CD4+ T-cell counts in HIV/HTLV-1 co-infection in treatment naive Mozambican patients [PDF]
, 2009 Seven hundred and four HIV-1/2-positive, antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve patients were screened for HTLV-1 infection. Antibodies to HTLV-1 were found in 32/704 (4.5%) of the patients.
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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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Screening donors for xenotransplantation: The potential for xenozoonoses [PDF]
, 1994 Xenotransplantation is a potential solution to the current donor shortage for solid organ transplantation. The transmission of infectious agents from donor organs or bone marrow to the recipient is a well-recognized phenomenon following ...
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Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2018 Introduction: The human-T cell lymphotropic virus is a retrovirus with various types known so far. HTLV-I and HTLV-II are of clinically importance as they cause different diseases such as adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, tropical spastic paraparesis, and ...
Manuela Muñoz +4 more
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