Human T-lymphotropic virus, type 1 (HTLV-1) infection was detected in two unrelated
Kuwaiti patients with tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and in the asymptomatic …

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 …

Thecity of Mashhad in northeast Iran is now attracting the attention of those concerned with
the molecular epidemiology of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), because its high …

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 …

An HTLV-II was isolated from a Ghanaian female patient with ARC and anti-HTLV-II antibody
by cocultivation of PBMC with Molt-4 cells. A part of the 5′ LTR of this virus was sequenced …

We found previously that Kuwaiti HTLV‐I isolates had two nucleotide substitutions in the
most frequently sequenced regions of HTLV‐I genome, namely: T→ C 4783 in the pol and …

The presence of infection by human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in Cuba has
been previously documented. However, genetic information on the strains that circulate in …

A search for human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types 1 and 2 and related viruses was
performed by serological and molecular means on samples obtained from 421 adult …

A serological survey of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) antibodies was
undertaken when sporadic cases of adult T-cell leukaemia were reported from Mashhad in …

Human T‐lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) infection is an important health issue that
affects a variety of endemic areas. The Khorasan province, mainly its capital Mashhad in …