Origin and prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and type 2 (HTLV-2) among indigenous populations in the Americas

A Paiva, J Casseb - Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is found in indigenous peoples of the Pacific
Islands and the Americas, whereas type 2 (HTLV-2) is widely distributed among the …

Sexual transmission of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1

A Paiva, J Casseb - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is endemic in many parts of the world and
is primarily transmitted through sexual intercourse or from mother to child. Sexual …

Risk factors associated with HTLV-1 vertical transmission in Brazil: longer breastfeeding, higher maternal proviral load and previous HTLV-1-infected offspring

AM Paiva, T Assone, MEJ Haziot, J Smid… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
HTLV-1 is transmitted primarily either through sexual intercourse or from mother to child. The
mother/child pairs were classified as seroconcordant or serodiscordant. We analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] Brazilian protocol for sexually transmitted infections 2020: human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection

C Rosadas, C Brites, D Arakaki-Sanchez… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
This article addresses the Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV). This subject comprises the
Clinical Protocol and Therapeutic Guidelines for Comprehensive Care for People with …

Development and validation of multiplex quantitative real-time PCR assays for simultaneous detection and differentiation of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2, using different PCR …

MG Gonçalves, LO Fukasawa, KR Campos… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Brazil currently has the highest number of individuals infected with human T-lymphotropic
virus 1-and 2-(HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) globally. At present, neither molecular protocols nor …

[HTML][HTML] Protocolo Brasileiro para Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis 2020: infecção pelo vírus linfotrópico de células T humanas (HTLV)

C Rosadas, C Brites, D Arakaki-Sánchez… - … e Serviços de Saúde, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
O artigo aborda a infecção pelo vírus linfotrópico de células T humanas (human T
lymphotropic virus, HTLV), tema contemplado no Protocolo Clínico e Diretrizes Terapêuticas …

Line immunoassay for confirmation and discrimination of human T-cell lymphotropic virus infections in inconclusive western blot serum samples from Brazil

KR Campos, FLN Santos, V da Silva Brito… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Difficulties in confirming and discriminating human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)
and HTLV-2 infections by serological Western blot (WB) assays (HTLV Blot 2.4; MP …

Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection and quantitation of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 proviral load: addressing the issue of indeterminate HTLV results

A Waters, ALA Oliveira, S Coughlan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Routine diagnosis of Human T Lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection is
primarily serologically based; however the proportion of unresolved and indeterminate …

The best algorithm to confirm the diagnosis of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 in at-risk individuals from São Paulo, Brazil

EAS Costa, MC Magri, A Caterino-de-Araujo - Journal of virological …, 2011 - Elsevier
The ability to confirm the diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 (HTLV-1
and HTLV-2) in at-risk individuals in São Paulo, Brazil by Western blotting (WB) …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of HTLV-I proviral load in adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM-TSP) and healthy carriers

MM Akbarin, H Rahimi, T HassanNia… - Iranian Journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective (s): Human T Lymphocyte Virus Type one (HTLV-I) is a retrovirus that infects about
10-20 million people worldwide. Khorasan province in Iran is an endemic area. The majority …