Introduction: Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) 1 and 2 infections can lead to neurological
diseases, mainly in HIV/HTLV 1 coinfected. Furthermore, HTLV 1 infection in HIV/AIDS …

Because HTLV-I, HTLV-2, and HIV share identical modes of transmission, simultaneous or
subsequent infections with these retroviruses are to be expected. The population of Santos …

The deltaretroviruses human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and human T cell
lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) have long been believed to differ from retroviruses in …

Objective (s): HTLV-I and HIV virus quantification is an important marker for assessment of
virus activities. Since there is a direct relationship between the number of virus and disease …

Background Co-infection with hepatitis C (HCV) is very common in human
immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infected patients. Although HIV co-infection clearly …

Serum samples from 895 HIV-1 infected individuals were tested for antibodies against HTLV-
I and HTLV-II. The overall prevalence of the co-infection was high (16.3%). Epidemiological …

A chronic coinfection with CMV, EBV etc. has been described in patients with HIV infection;
recently a coinfection with other retroviruses has been described too. We have looked for the …

The HTLV-DNA burden in PBMCs is a risk factor for HAM/TSP and ATL development. We
investigated the contribution of monocyte subsets (classical, intermediate and non-classical) …

Limited and contradictory information exists regarding the prognosis of HIV/HTLV-I co-
infection. Our goal was to estimate the effect of HTLV-I infection on mortality in HIV-infected …

HTLV-1 can cause serious diseases such as adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) in humans after
chronic asymptomatic latent infection with substantial proviral load. Proviruses are …