Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis
(HAM/TSP) is a progressive disease of the CNS that causes weakness or paralysis of the …

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a retrovirus closely related to the human T-lymphotropic virus
type 1 (HTLV-1). BLV is a major animal health problem worldwide causing important …

The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was the first retrovirus discovered to be
causative of a human cancer, adult T-cell leukemia. The transforming entity of HTLV-1 has …

Going back to their discovery in the early 1980s, both the Human T-cell Leukemia virus type-
1 (HTLV-1) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus type-1 (HIV-1) greatly fascinated the …

Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is one of the most intriguing retroviruses
infecting humans. Most commonly, infection remains undetected, since it does not cause …

Different animal models have been proposed to investigate the mechanisms of Human T-
lymphotropic Virus (HTLV)-induced pathogenesis: rats, transgenic and NOD-SCID/γcnull …

In 1980, HumanT cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was the first oncogenic
human retrovirus to be discovered. HTLV-1 belongs to the Retroviridae family, the …

► General method to identify the determinants of protective immunity and its application to
HTLV-1.► Observation made that “innate” KIR receptors enhance the HLA class I-restricted …

Deltaretroviruses such as human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and bovine leukemia
virus (BLV) induce a persistent infection that remains generally asymptomatic but can also …

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was the first human retrovirus discovered.
Studies on HTLV-1 have been instrumental for our understanding of the molecular …