background: human t-lymphotropic virus type i is the etiologic agent of two distinct human diseases, adult t-cell leukemia or lymphoma and a chronic, progressive demyelinating disorder. the aim of this work was to investigate the seroprevalence of htlv-1/2 among high risk patients (thalassemic and hemodialysis) in charmahal-va-baktiari province, center of iran. methods: using elisa, a total of ...

the underlying mechanisms leading to the development of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (ham/tsp) in htlv-i infected individuals are not fully understood. host genetic factors appear to be involved as risk factors for developing ham/tsp. we investigated the possible contribution of interleukin-10 (il-10) as a risk factor to ham/...