The prevalence of infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in blood donors from Israel is 1 infection/100,000 persons. In donors originating from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, prevalences are 7.7, 14.6, and 20.4, respectively. HTLV-1 prevalence may be high outside areas where HTLV-1 previously was known to be endemic.

Infection with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) can be associated with hematologic malignancy, inflammatory syndromes, or infectious complications. Herein, we bring attention to HTLV-1 infection complications as we discuss a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with HTLV-1-associated T cell lymphoma.

At least four, and possibly six, molecular subtypes of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) exist: one is confined to Melanesia/Australia, one is ubiquitous, and the others are found only in Africa. Molecular epidemiology suggests that all subtypes arose from separate interspecies transmissions from simians to humans.

We report the cases of 5 adolescents with human T lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis, acquired in all but 1 case from the mother. The first symptom in all patients was difficulty in running, which was present for many years before the final diagnosis was made. Follow-up showed an indolent progression, regardless of treatment strategy.

Recurrent spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder has rarely been reported in English articles. This condition may be difficult to diagnosis before a laparotomy due to acute peritonitis. Herein we describe a case of recurrent spontaneous rupture of the bladder in a 39-year-old woman with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) -associated myelopathy/topical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).

To determine whether human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is associated with delayed neurological development, we examined 48 Peruvian children with exposure to HTLV-1 who were identified at the Instituto Materno-Perinatal. Compared with 38 HTLV-1-seronegative children, the 10 seropositive children did not have higher rates of neurodevelopmental delay. Long-term follow-up i...

Title Association of human T lymphotropic virus type I with Sjogren syndrome. Author(s) Hida, Ayumi; Imaizumi, Misa; Sera, Nobuko; Akahoshi, Masazumi; Soda, Midori; Maeda, Renju; Nakashima, Eiji; Nakamura, Hideki; Ida, Hiroaki; Kawakami, Atsushi; Eguchi, Katsumi Citation Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 69(11), pp.2056-2057; 2010 Issue Date 2010-11 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10069/24551 Right N...

Introduction The discovery in 1980 of the first human retrovirus (1), the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I), inaugurated a new era in human pathology. Two conditions were promptly associated with this retroviral infection (2): adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP). Thus, this discovery solved a longlasting enigma in tropical medicine, the cause of...

A new kind of silver micro-dendrites have been synthesized for the separation and multiplex detection of DNA merely by earth gravity. Through this approach, the DNA strands of the sickle cell disease, human T-lymphotropic virus type I, the anthrax lethal factor can be detected down to 100 pM with the detection range from 100 pM to 100 nM at the same time.

A recent serological and molecular survey of a semifree-ranging colony of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) living in Gabon, central Africa, indicated that 6 of 102 animals, all males, were infected with simian T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1). These animals naturally live in the same forest area as do human inhabitants (mostly Pygmies) who are infected by the recently described human T-ce...