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High prevalence of bronchiectasis is linked to HTLV-1-associated inflammatory disease. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), a retrovirus, is the causative agent of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL).
A Gessain, A Gessain, AH Smith, AM Vine, CR Bangham, D Weycker, E Gotuzzo, EL Murphy, F Okada, Graham P Taylor, H Kawai, H Merle, H Nakamura, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to Humans, J Crofton, JR Orland, K Nishioka, L Einsiedel, L Einsiedel, L Einsiedel, L LaGrenade, M Nagai, M Nakagawa, M Osame, M Sugimoto, M Sugimoto, MA Demontis, MG Flynn, OS Morgan, PJ McShane, S Mita, S Mori, Shohreh Honarbakhsh, T Arakaki, T Kondo, T Matsuda, T Yamashiro, W Matsuyama   +37 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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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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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 ...
Burmeister, Thomas, Schwartz, Stefan, Hummel, Michael, Hoelzer, Dieter (Prof. Dr.), Thiel, Eckhard   +4 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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SHTLV-I/II seroprevalence in blood donors of Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe Blood Bank during the period 2014-2015

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, Santiago Carvalho, Jorge Hernando Donado, Gloria Eugenia Barco, Sergio Jaramillo   +4 more
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COVID‐19 in a human T‐cell lymphotropic virus type‐1 carrier

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
This is the first report of COVID‐19 in a human T‐cell lymphotropic virus type‐1 (HTLV‐1) carrier. HTLV‐1 infection can cause immune dysfunction even in asymptomatic carriers.
Takatoshi Enomoto, Takayuki Shiroyama, Haruhiko Hirata, Saori Amiya, Yuichi Adachi, Takayuki Niitsu, Yoshimi Noda, Reina Hara, Kiyoharu Fukushima, Yasuhiko Suga, Kotaro Miyake, Shohei Koyama, Kota Iwahori, Izumi Nagatomo, Natsuko Tokuhira, Akinori Uchiyama, Yoshito Takeda, Atsushi Kumanogoh   +17 more
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The origin and prevention of pandemics. [PDF]

, 2010
Despite the fact that most emerging diseases stem from the transmission of pathogenic agents from animals to humans, the factors that mediate this process are still ill defined.
Djoko, Cyrille F, Fair, Joseph N, Lebreton, Matthew, Pike, Brian L, Rimoin, Anne W, Saylors, Karen E, Tamoufe, Ubald, Wolfe, Nathan D   +7 more
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How does HTLV-1 cause adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATL)?

, 2015
A typical person infected with the retrovirus human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) carries tens of thousands of clones of HTLV-1-infected T lymphocytes, each clone distinguished by a unique integration site of the provirus in the host genome ...
Bangham, CRM, Ratner, L
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