Background Recent data have shown that HTLV-1 is prevalent among HIV positive patients
in Mozambique, although the impact of HTLV-1 infection on HIV disease progression …

Background. Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) infection is not rare among
injection drug users with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and may exert a …

Objectives: HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-
1) share the same routes of infection, making coinfection by these viruses a frequent finding …

Abstract HIV-1 and HTLV-1 infect CD4+ T lymphocyte but little is known about the impact of
coinfection on patient's immune response. In this study we have evaluated the spontaneous …

Seven hundred and four HIV-1/2-positive, antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve patients were
screened for HTLV-1 infection. Antibodies to HTLV-1 were found in 32/704 (4.5%) of the …

Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and HTLV-II have been postulated to accelerate
disease progression in patients coinfected with HIV. However, recent evidence suggests that …

Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses type 1 and 2 are retroviruses that share the same routes
of transmission as HIV-1. Since these agents are prevalent simultaneously in different parts …

In the last 10 years HIV-1/human T-cell leukemia virus (HIV-1/HTLV) coinfection has
emerged as a worldwide health problem. The numbers of HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfections in …

The goal of this study was to investigate clinical outcomes and survival probabilities among
persons coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human T lymphotropic …

T cell activation and depletion of naive T cells are hallmarks of human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) pathogenesis. This study explored the relationships between certain co …