Little is known about the transmission or tropism of the newly discovered human retrovirus, human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3). Here, we examine the entry requirements of HTLV-3 using independently expressed Env proteins. We observed that HTLV-3 surface glycoprotein (SU) binds efficiently to both activated CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. This contrasts with both HTLV-1 SU, which primari...

objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the existence of human t-lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) in subgingival plaque of htlv-1 seropositive pa-tients. materials and methods: a total of 18 patients including 13 females and fivemales, with a mean age of 37 years participated in this descriptive study. half of them were htlv-1 carriers and the others were in htlv-1 associated myel...

Viral cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in plasma has been widely evaluated for detecting cancer and monitoring disease virus-associated tumors. We investigated whether the amount of cfDNA human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) correlates with state adult leukemia-lymphoma (ATL). HTLV-1 aggressive ATL was significantly higher than that indolent asymptomatic carriers. Notably, patients lymphoma represe...

Human T-lymphotrophic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that is thought to infect approximately 10-20 million people worldwide. The majority of infected individuals remain asymptomatic carriers lifelong. HTLV-1 is thought to cause both local and systemic inflammatory diseases. The most common inflammatory condition associated with HTLV-1 is HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/Tropical spastic para...

Abstract Background The human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infects a type of white blood cell called or T-lymphocyte. There are two types HTLV, HTLV-I and HTLV-II, which closely related to C retroviruses. is endemic in the Caribbean, Japan, South America, parts Africa. has been recognized as cause adult leukemia (ATL) HTLV-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). HTLV-I...