Human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) is a member of the retroviridae family that can be
transmitted through infected lymphocytes, sex, blood transfusion, and organ transplantation …

Background: Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is a major health
problem that effects a variety of endemic regions, including the Northeast of Iran. There is a …

Background: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus types Ι and ΙΙ (HTLV-Ι and HTLV-II) are
deltaretroviruses which may cause leukemia, lymphoma and HTLV-associated …

Introduction: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I) is the causative agent for adult T-cell
lymphoma/leukemia (ATLL) and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis …

Ilam city is the center of Ilam province, a western province of Iran. In the present study, HTLV
screening were performed among 960 serum samples from blood donors by using enzyme …

Abstract Background: Northeastern Iran, particularly Mashhad city, is an endemic area for
human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) infection; although, there is no data on the …

Background Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has a worldwide distribution
and it is endemic in some regions of Iran. One of the most important routes of HTLV-1 …

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) is an important global health problem in the
world mainly in the endemic areas of HTLV-I infection. It was previously reported that …

Materials and Methods: A total of 35,067 blood donors in Sabzevar from March 2009 to April
2012 who were screened with HTLV-I on the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay …

BACKGROUND: Mashhad, in the northeast of Iran has been suggested as an endemic area
for human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection since 1996. OBJECTIVES: We …