Epidemiological aspects and world distribution of HTLV-1 infection

A Gessain, O Cassar - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), identified as the first human oncogenic
retrovirus 30 years ago, is not an ubiquitous virus. HTLV-1 is present throughout the world …

Eosinophilia

A Kovalszki, PF Weller - Primary care, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Eosinophilia represents an increased number of eosinophils in the tissues and/or blood.
Although enumeration of tissue eosinophil numbers would require examination of biopsied …

Preventive and therapeutic strategies for bovine leukemia virus: lessons for HTLV

SM Rodríguez, A Florins, N Gillet, A De Brogniez… - Viruses, 2011 - mdpi.com
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a retrovirus closely related to the human T-lymphotropic virus
type 1 (HTLV-1). BLV is a major animal health problem worldwide causing important …

HTLV-1 in solid-organ transplantation: current challenges and future management strategies

MJ Armstrong, C Corbett, IA Rowe, GP Taylor… - …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus (HTLV)-1 has been reported after solid-organ
transplantation, with a related fatal outcome in less than five cases. The natural history of …

Extracellular vesicles in HTLV-1 communication: the story of an invisible messenger

S Al Sharif, DO Pinto, GA Mensah, F Dehbandi… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infects 5–10 million people worldwide and
is the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-1-associated …

Clinical and public health implications of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infection

N Legrand, S McGregor, R Bull, S Bajis… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is estimated to affect 5 to 10 million people
globally and can cause severe and potentially fatal disease, including adult T-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Re-emergence of human T-lymphotropic viruses in West Africa

NCJS Anyanwu, EE Ella, A Ohwofasa… - Brazilian journal of …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) are Deltaretroviruses that infect millions of individuals
worldwide via the same transmission routes as HIV. With the aim of exposing the possible re …

Southern African Origin of HTLV-1 in Romania

O Cassar, A Marçais, O Hermine… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In Europe, most HTLV-1-infected individuals originate from highly endemic regions such as
West Indies, sub-Saharan Africa, and South America. The only genuine endemic region for …

The epidemiology of human T‐cell lymphotropic virus types I and II in Canadian blood donors

SF O'Brien, M Goldman, V Scalia, QL Yi… - Transfusion …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY Objectives Blood donors in Canada have been tested for Human T‐Cell
Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) since 1990. We report the epidemiology, risk factors and …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in the tax gene and it association with adult t-cell leukemia …

S Pourrezaei, S Shadabi, M Gheidishahran… - Iranian Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: In this study 100 samples were collected from blood donors in
Tehran. All samples were screened for anti-HTLV-I antibodies by ELISA. Then, genomic …