[HTML][HTML] Relevance of HTLV-1 proviral load in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients living in endemic and non-endemic areas of Argentina

MV Pineda, MB Bouzas, M Remesar, A Fridman… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
HTLV-1 proviral load (pVL) in peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMCs) is proposed as a
marker of disease progression but its role still remains controversial. The aim of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of HTLV-1 proviral load in patients from Salvador, Brazil

VN Olavarria, AN Gomes, RA Kruschewsky… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: Variations in human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) proviral
load (PVL) in infected individuals over time are not well understood. Objective: To evaluate …

[HTML][HTML] Making Visible HTLV Infection in a Non-endemic Area of Argentina

FR Simioli, MB Bouzas, D Mijalovsky, MV Pineda… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In Argentina, the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection has been
documented mainly among blood banks with a prevalence of~ 0.02–0.046% for Buenos …

Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection and quantitation of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 proviral load: addressing the issue of indeterminate HTLV results

A Waters, ALA Oliveira, S Coughlan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Routine diagnosis of Human T Lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection is
primarily serologically based; however the proportion of unresolved and indeterminate …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in the prevalence and distribution of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infections in Spain

A Treviño, A Aguilera, E Caballero, R Benito, P Parra… - Virology journal, 2012 - Springer
Background Although most HTLV infections in Spain have been found in native intravenous
drug users carrying HTLV-2, the large immigration flows from Latin America and Sub …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of a duplex real-time PCR for the rapid detection and quantitation of HTLV-1

H Ji, L Chang, Y Yan, L Wang - Virology Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background The HTLV-1 prevalence in China varies geographically, while HTLV-2 infection
has rarely been found so far. Proviral load is one of the determining factors of pathogenesis …

Development and validation of a real-time PCR assay for a novel HTLV-1 tax sequence detection and proviral load quantitation

GM Castro, MC Balangero, E Maturano… - Journal of virological …, 2013 - Elsevier
A quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assay using SYBR Green dye was established in order
to detect and quantify the proviral DNA of HTLV-1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells …

[HTML][HTML] HTLV-1 infection: An emerging risk. Pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis and associated diseases

E Eusebio-Ponce, E Anguita… - Revista Española de …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
ABSTRACT The Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) affects up to 10 million
people worldwide. It is directly associated to one of the most aggressive T cell malignancies …

HTLV-1 proviral load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells quantified in 100 HAM/TSP patients: a marker of disease progression

S Olindo, A Lézin, P Cabre, H Merle, M Saint-Vil… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Elsevier
A high proviral load of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMCs) has been reported in patients with HTLV-1-associated …

HTLV-1 world distribution and estimation of the number of asymptomatic infected carriers

A Gessain, O Cassar - Retrovirology, 2014 - Springer
HTLV-1, identified 32-years-ago, is present throughout the world with clusters of high
endemicity such as Southwestern Japan, sub-Saharan Africa, South America, the Caribbean …