Epidemiological aspects and world distribution of HTLV-1 infection

A Gessain, O Cassar - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), identified as the first human oncogenic
retrovirus 30 years ago, is not an ubiquitous virus. HTLV-1 is present throughout the world …

Adult T-cell leukemia: a review of epidemiological evidence

M Iwanaga, T Watanabe, K Yamaguchi - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is an aggressive T-cell malignancy caused by human T-cell
leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) infection and often occurs in HTLV-1-endemic areas, such as …

Molecular epidemiology, genetic variability and evolution of HTLV-1 with special emphasis on African genotypes

PV Afonso, O Cassar, A Gessain - Retrovirology, 2019 - Springer
Human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV-1) is an oncoretrovirus that infects at least 10 million
people worldwide. HTLV-1 exhibits a remarkable genetic stability, however, viral strains …

Identification of a spliced gene from Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus encoding a protein with similarities to latent membrane proteins 1 and 2A of Epstein …

M Glenn, L Rainbow, F Auradé, A Davison… - Journal of …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) or human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is a
novel herpesvirus implicated as the causative agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), primary …

HTLV, a multi organ oncovirus

S Ramezani, SA Rezaee, Z Farjami, N Ebrahimi… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I) is a retrovirus that has been recognized as a causative
agent of two crucidal diseases, HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis …

Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 global prevalence associated with the human development index: systematic review with meta-analysis

GCL Sampaio, JR Ribeiro, CN de Almeida… - AIDS Research and …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
In 2012, the number of people infected with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)
was estimated to be 10 million worldwide. Prevalence varies according to geographic …

Serological and molecular methods to study epidemiological aspects of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection

O Cassar, A Gessain - Human T-Lymphotropic Viruses: Methods and …, 2017 - Springer
We estimated that at least 5–10 million individuals are infected with HTLV-1. Importantly, this
number is based on the study of nearly 1.5 billion people living in known human T-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular targeting for treatment of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infection

A Soltani, SI Hashemy, FZ Avval, A Soleimani… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is linked to adult T-cell leukemia-
lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in Iran

N Parhizgari, MM Gouya, E Mostafavi - Iranian journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite development of preventive and controlling strategies regarding infectious diseases,
they are still considered as one of the most significant leading causes of morbidity and …

Current approaches for detection of human T‐lymphotropic virus Type 1: A systematic review

M Fani, M Rezayi, Z Meshkat… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Human T‐lymphotropic virus Type 1 (HTLV‐1) is a retrovirus that is endemic in
some regions of the world. It is known to cause several diseases like adult T‐cell leukemia …