[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus-I in Latin America

E Gotuzzo, C Arango… - Infectious Disease …, 2000 - id.theclinics.com
The first human retrovirus, human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), was
simultaneously discovered in the United States and Japan in 1980 and associated with adult …

The presence of ancient human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I provirus DNA in an Andean mummy

HC Li, T Fujiyoshi, H Lou, S Yashiki, S Sonoda… - Nature Medicine, 1999 - nature.com
The worldwide geographic and ethnic clustering of patients with diseases related to human
T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) may be explained by the natural history of HTLV-I …

Phylogenetic Subgroups of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) Type I in the tax Gene and Their Association with Different Risks for HTLV-I—Associated …

Y Furukawa, M Yamashita, K Usuku… - The Journal of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
The association between human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I tax variation and
disease outcome was studied. The tax gene was sequenced in 61 patients with HTLV-I …

Seroprevalence and risk factors for human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV 1) infection among ethnically and geographically diverse Peruvian women

C Sanchez-Palacios, E Gotuzzo, AM Vandamme… - International journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective: To assess the seroprevalence and risk factors for HTLV-I infection in Peruvian
women. Methods: Five hundred and sixty-eight healthy women> 20 years of age from three …

Evidence for a post-Columbian introduction of human T-cell lymphotropic virus [type I][corrected] in Latin America

S Van Dooren, E Gotuzzo, M Salemi… - Journal of General …, 1998 - microbiologyresearch.org
To investigate the origin and dissemination of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I in Latin
America, we performed phylogenetic analysis on the LTR and env sequences of 13 HTLV-I …

The low evolutionary rate of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 confirmed by analysis of vertical transmission chains

S Van Dooren, OG Pybus, M Salemi… - Molecular biology …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The evolutionary rate of the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is considered
to be very low, in strong contrast to the related human retrovirus HIV. However, current …

Ancient HTLV type 1 provirus DNA of Andean mummy

S Sonoda, HC Li, L Cartier, L Nunez… - AIDS Research and …, 2000 - liebertpub.com
The worldwide geographic and ethnic clustering of patients with diseases related to human
T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) may be explained by the natural history of HTLV-1 …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular characterization of human T-cell lymphotropic virus coinfecting human immunodeficiency virus 1 infected patients in the Amazon region of Brazil

RV Laurentino, IGL Lopes, VN Azevedo… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
The present work evaluated the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus 1/human T-
cell lymphotropic virus (HIV-1/HTLV) coinfection in patients living in Belém (state of Pará) …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of human T-cell lymphotropic virus infection in a semi-isolated Afro-Brazilian quilombo located in the Marajó Island (Pará, Brazil)

ACR Vallinoto, GS Pontes, NA Muto… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2006 - SciELO Brasil
Antibodies to human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and 2) were tested in 259
inhabitants (98 males and 161 females) of four villages of the Marajó Island (Pará, Brazil) …