Objectives: To investigate whether infection with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-
1) increases the risk of tuberculosis. Design: A case-control study. Setting: City of Salvador …

Background: Few and inconclusive results have been presented regarding the influence of
human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) infection on the risk of acquiring tuberculosis (TB) …

Background Few reports have investigated the association between human T-lymphotropic
virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and tuberculosis (TB) in countries where both infections are endemic …

OBJECTIVE: Reports have suggested that human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)
may influence immunological response and therefore the clinical course of tuberculosis (TB) …

SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) and human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) are frequent in
Peru. The prevalence of HTLV-1 among Peruvian TB patients is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To …

The purpose of this study was to assess the association between human T-lymphotropic
virus 1 (HTLV-1) and a lifetime history of active tuberculosis (TB) among relatives of HTLV-1 …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) on
CD4 counts and mortality in tuberculosis (TB) patients with or without human …

During the 1990s, high prevalences of HIV/human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and
HIV/human T lymphotropic virus type 2 (HTLV-2) coinfections were detected in São Paulo …

HIV/human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) coinfection has a large range of prevalence in
the different risk groups and geographic regions of the world. Most of the HTLV-infected …

Because HTLV-I, HTLV-2, and HIV share identical modes of transmission, simultaneous or
subsequent infections with these retroviruses are to be expected. The population of Santos …