background: the human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i is the first retrovirus idenfied in humans. the virus has been associated with adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma, human t-lymphotropic virus type i, myelopathy/tropical spasc paraparesis, uveis, arthris, pulmonary lymphocyc alveolis, keratoconjuncvis sicca, and infecous dermas. human t-lymphotropic virus type iis endemic in japan, p...

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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...