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 …

The effects that human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV) type 1 and simian immunodeficiency
virus (SIV) coinfection have on HTLV-1 dynamics and disease progression were tested in a …

Sir—We read with interest the article by Beilke et al.[1] summarizing their findings of an
observational study of a group of HIV-infected patients, some of whom were coinfected with …

The correlation between virus load and specific cytotoxic T–lymphocyte (CTL) frequency
during the chronic phase in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV–1) infection has …

Serum samples from 124 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) hospitalized patients
at the Fevers Unit, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, were examined by the particle …

Objectives: To investigate the association between the three human retroviruses, HIV-1, HIV-
2 and HTLV-I. Design: Community-based follow-up studies of retrovirus infections in two …

Human T cell lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) and its two genomic subtypes, A and B,
which differ by 3 to 6% at the nucleotide level (depending on the gene studied), were until …

The primate T-cell lymphoma viruses (PTLV) are divided into six distinct species. The
biology and epidemiology of PTLV-1 and PTLV-2 are very well understood. However, that of …

Serum specimens (n= 1899) were assayed for infections with HTLV-I, HTLV-II, and HIV-1 in
seven classified groups of normal healthy controls, children, pregnant women, prostitutes …

Community-based seroprevalence survey for human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-
I) was undertaken in the Ngwelezane district of Natal/KwaZulu. A total of 1 018 individuals …