introduction: transfusion-transmitted infections (tti) continue to be a major challenge for blood transfusion organizations in the world and multi- transfused patients (mtps) are at higher risk of infection. htlv-1 is a retrovirus that easily transmitted via blood cell products. the aim of this study is determine the seroprevalence of htlv-1 in major thalassemic patients from kermanshah provinc...

INTRODUCTION We report the first known case of human T-lymphotropic virus type I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in an Australian Caucasian, a disease reported in Aboriginal and immigrant populations where the virus is often endemic. CASE PRESENTATION A 41-year-old Caucasian Australian man had a 3-year background of progressive functional decline from a myelopathy with spas...

Retroviruses can be classified according to the morphology of their virion core or according to sequence homologies that become evident after phylogenetic analyses. Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a member of the deltatype retrovirus group, other members of which include HTLV types 2, 3 and 4, bovine leukaemia virus (BLV), and simian T-cell leukaemia virus (STLV) types 1, 2 and 3 ...