Background Although most HTLV infections in Spain have been found in native intravenous
drug users carrying HTLV-2, the large immigration flows from Latin America and Sub …

The human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), isolated in 1980, causes T-cell
leukemia/lymphoma in adulthood, a type of lymphoproliferative disease, and chronic HTLV …

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus associated with two life-
threatening diseases; HAM/TSP and ATLL. Due to the slow-growing HTLV-1 infection …

Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) infection is endemic in the American Indian
population and Pygmy tribes in Africa. Nevertheless, HTLV-2 infection has been …

HTLV-1 was the first described human retrovirus and was soon found to be associated with
severe clinical diseases, including a devastating lymphoma/leukemia and other …

Several publications describe the presence of the human T cell lymphotropic virus type I
(HTLV-I) in Jewish individuals born in Mash-had, Iran. We report here the results of HTLV-I …

Although recombination is a major source of genetic variability in retroviruses, no
recombinant strain had been observed for human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), the …

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 …

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 …

To gain insight into the origin, evolution, dissemination and viral factors affecting HTLV-1-
associated diseases, knowing the complete viral genome sequences is important. So far, no …