Epidemiological aspects and world distribution of HTLV-1 infection

A Gessain, O Cassar - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), identified as the first human oncogenic
retrovirus 30 years ago, is not an ubiquitous virus. HTLV-1 is present throughout the world …

Current status of HTLV-1 infection

T Watanabe - International journal of hematology, 2011 - Springer
It is 30 years since human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was identified as the first
human retrovirus. To assess the implications of the virus for human health it is very important …

[HTML][HTML] 40 years of the human T-cell leukemia virus: past, present, and future

Y Tagaya, M Matsuoka, R Gallo - F1000Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It has been nearly 40 years since human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (HTLV-1), the first
oncogenic retrovirus in humans and the first demonstrable cause of cancer by an infectious …

Epidemiology of HTLV-1 infection and ATL in Japan: an update

M Iwanaga - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) is an aggressive T-cell malignancy caused by human
T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection that often occurs in HTLV-1-endemic areas …

Molecular epidemiology, genetic variability and evolution of HTLV-1 with special emphasis on African genotypes

PV Afonso, O Cassar, A Gessain - Retrovirology, 2019 - Springer
Human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV-1) is an oncoretrovirus that infects at least 10 million
people worldwide. HTLV-1 exhibits a remarkable genetic stability, however, viral strains …

Comparative virology of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2

MP Martinez, J Al-Saleem, PL Green - Retrovirology, 2019 - Springer
Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was the first discovered human retrovirus and
the etiologic agent of adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical …

Geographic distribution, clinical epidemiology and genetic diversity of the human oncogenic retrovirus HTLV-1 in Africa, the world's largest endemic area

A Gessain, JL Ramassamy, PV Afonso… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The African continent is considered the largest high endemic area for the oncogenic
retrovirus HTLV-1 with an estimated two to five million infected individuals. However, data on …

Molecular epidemiology of 58 new African human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) strains: identification of a new and distinct HTLV-1 molecular subtype in …

R Mahieux, F Ibrahim, P Mauclere, V Herve… - Journal of …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
To gain new insights on the origin, evolution, and modes of dissemination of human T-cell
leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1), we performed a molecular analysis of 58 new African HTLV …

[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
ABSTRACT The Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) affects up to 10 million
people worldwide. It is directly associated to one of the most aggressive T cell malignancies …

The human HTLV-3 and HTLV-4 retroviruses: new members of the HTLV family

R Mahieux, A Gessain - Pathologie Biologie, 2009 - Elsevier
Human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus Type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2), together with
their simian counterparts (STLV-1, STLV-2), belong to the Primate T lymphotropic viruses …