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 …

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 …

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 …

The city of Mashhad is the capital of Khorasan, the northeastern province of Iran, which has
been recognized as an area where human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is …

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 …

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 …

Background: Retroviruses of human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) have
been demonstrated to be endemic in the north-eastern region of Iran. This study was aimed …

Methods: All the blood donors in Mashhad from March 2011 to April 2013 who were
diagnosed with HTLV-I on the ELISA screening test and the Western blot confirmatory test …

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 …

Objective: High prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) infection in
the northeastern of Iran has been proven. However, there is no overall estimation of the …