Two retroviruses emerged in the 1980s: HTLV-1 and HIV-1 1, 2, 3. HTLV-1 infects 5-10
million people worldwide and is detected in highly endemic areas, such as Japan, sub …

Human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is associated with
myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma …

During the early 1980s, the first 3 human retroviruses were identified: human T-lymphotropic
virus 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A person …

Two distinct families of human retroviruses, the human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) and
human T‐lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs), cause significant infections worldwide. The viruses …

According to the latest Department of Health and Human Services guidelines for the use of
antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-1-infected persons, initiation of ART is recommended for …

Going back to their discovery in the early 1980s, both the Human T-cell Leukemia virus type-
1 (HTLV-1) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus type-1 (HIV-1) greatly fascinated the …

Background Human retroviruses HIV and HTLV share transmission routes. HIV widely
spread in Spain during the 80 s through injection drug use and sex, and nowadays HIV rates …

HIV-1 is the most prevalent retrovirus, with over 30 million people infected worldwide.
Nevertheless, infection caused by other human retroviruses like HIV-2, HTLV-1, HTLV-2 …

At present the Caribbean is experiencing an AIDS epidemic1, 2. The region is also endemic
for another retrovirus, namely human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) 3±7 which …

Important clinical effects of HTLV/HIV co-infection include the higher rates of myelopathy and
other neurological disorders and the poor predicative value of CD4+ cell counts as a …