Objective: The human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I) is an etiologic agent of
adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and tropical spastic paraparesis. One of the major routes of …

Since the 1990s, antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus type I (anti-HTLV-I) have been
screened in units of blood donors at blood banks in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). HTLV-I …

Since thee beginning of the present century retroviruses have been reported as causative
factors that produced transmissible tumors in birds. However, in 1980 Poiesz et al …

Background: HTLV type I/II is a blood borne infection that can be transmitted via blood
transfusion. Objective: To determine the seroprevalence of human T–lymphotropic virus …

Materials and Methods: Serum samples of 91 renal transplant recipients from Urmia, Iran,
were examined serologically for antibodies against HTLV type 1 using an enzyme-linked …

It has been difficult to explain why all HTLV-1 sequences in Salvador, a city in the northeast
of Brazil, belong to the Transcontinental (A) subgroup of the Cosmopolitan (a) subtype, since …

Abstract Background and Objectives: Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) type 1 and
2 are retroviruses that share the same routes of transmission as human immunodeficiency …

Extensive studies have been carried out on native Amerindian populations living in French
Guiana in an attempt to detect human T cell leukemia virus type 2 (HTLV-2). However, the …

Background: The epidemiology and prevalence of the Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1
(HTLV-1) infection represent a recommended priority by global health agencies. An in-depth …

Background HTLV-1 infection is endemic in Mashhad, Northeast of Iran. This study was
designed to assess the epidemiology of HTLV-1 and potential risk factors in Neyshabour …