background: a high prevalence of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) infection among general population in the northeast of iran has been reported. multi-transfused patients are known as ‘at-risk’ group for the infection. this systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the prevalence of htlv-1 infection among iranian multi-transfused patients. materials and method...

conclusions the frequency of nis in this hospital was lower in comparison with other worldwide studies. however, low incidence of health care-associated infections in our study may be due to under diagnosis and underreporting of such infections by health care staff. results the incidence of nis was low (i.e. < 2%). among 16936 admitted patients in this hospital, 174 patients (79 males and 95 fe...

Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes disabling and fatal diseases, yet there is no vaccine, no satisfactory treatment, and no means of assessing the risk of disease or prognosis in infected people. Recent research on the molecular virology and immunology of HTLV-1 shows the importance of the host's immune response in reducing the risk of these diseases, and is beginning to explain ...