The presence of the human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II) in South America is well
established. Its origin and spectrum in the continent still remain a matter of debate. There are …

The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) and human T-
lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) are lymphomagenic viruses with region-specific induced …

A pesar de la realización del tamizaje de marcadores serológicos de enfermedades de
transmisión por vía transfusional, existen cuatro razones potenciales por las cuales dicha …

After an HTLV-I endemic area was discovered in Jujuy, a northwestern province in
Argentina, to detect other possible foci of HTLV-I/II we started in 1997 a multicentric study to …

Infections with hepatitis C virus,(HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and human T lymphotropic
type I/II (HTLV-I/II) virus are commonly found in patients infected with human …

Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) carriers are clustered in limited groups in the
world. One of these groups is the Andean native population of South America. As part of an …

In Argentina, current procedures to ensure safety of the blood supply for transfusion include
reviewing the records of blood donors with particular attention to the serologic detection of …

We report 10 HTLV-I virus seropositive subjects, eight of them with HTLV-I associated
myelopathy (HAM), two of them also infected with HIV as well as two asymptomatic HTLV-I+ …

Subsecuentemente a que en 1997 el Programa Nacional de SIDA implementó un Programa
deVigilancia Epidemiológica a escala nacional, se comenzaron a detectar anticuerpos anti …

HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP/HAM) have been
increasingly described in practically all regions of Brazil. Five confirmed and documented …