Association between HTLV-1 infection and adverse health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

G Schierhout, S McGregor, A Gessain… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
… that people with HTLV-1 are at a higher risk of death than their HTLV-1-negative counterparts,
but reasons for this are not well understood. There might be serious health effects of the …

Clinical and public health implications of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infection

N Legrand, S McGregor, R Bull, S Bajis… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… to address HTLV-1 through a global public health approach. … on HTLV-1 epidemiology
and clinical and public health and … the health of people with and at risk for HTLV-1 infection. …

Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies

C Rosadas, MLB Menezes… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… a milestone in public health policies to prevent HTLV-1/2 in the country, is presently
under scrutiny by the technical staff of the MoH. In Brazil, as in other parts of the world, HTLV-1/2 …

HTLV-1 and Co-infections

C Rosadas, GP Taylor - Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… the increased mortality rate of HTLV-1. Large scale prospective controlled … HTLV-1 in
co-infections and vice-versa are needed. Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 impact in public health

[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
HTLV-1 life cycle: HTLV-1 virion interacts with the target cell surface receptors GLUT1/
HSPG/NRP-1 via the HTLV-1 envelope surface and transmembrane domains of the envelope (…

Epidemiological aspects and world distribution of HTLV-1 infection

A Gessain, O Cassar - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
… scale studies are necessary to assess the global prevalence rate before to conclude that this
infection is a minor public health hazard and to estimate a reliable HTLV-1 prevalence rate. …

HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infection among Warao indigenous refugees in the Brazilian Amazon: challenges for public health in times of increasing migration

IN Abreu, FT Lopes, CNC Lima, AN Barbosa… - … in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
time the circulation of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 in the Warao ethnic group from Venezuela, who
are refugees in the State of Pará (northern Brazil). The presence of the HTLV-… HTLV in human

HTLV-1 is also a sexually transmitted infection

M Martel, E Gotuzzo - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… In March 2021, the conclusive reports were made public, marking a milestone in the history
of HTLV-1 by recognizing it as a global public health problem and accentuating the need for …

[PDF][PDF] HTLV in the Americas: challenges and perspectives

ABF Carneiro-Proietti… - … de Salud Pública, 2006 - SciELO Public Health
… and no vaccine is available to prevent HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 transmission, these illnesses …
, their families, and health care systems. For this reason, public health interventions aimed at …

Current status of HTLV-1 infection

T Watanabe - International journal of hematology, 2011 - Springer
… A decrease in the number of HTLV-1 carriers in Japan was … HTLV-1 is endemic, and re-evaluation
of HTLV-1 infection is required to understand the virus burden on the human health