Article
Molecular characterization of HTLV-1 genomic region hbz from patients with different clinical conditions.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2021
Cucco Marina Silveira, de Moraes Laise Eduarda Paixão, de Oliveira Andrade Felipe, Khouri Ricardo, Galvão-Castro Bernardo, Araujo Thessika Hialla Almeida, de Almeida Rego Filipe Ferreira, Gois Luana Leandro, Barreto Fernanda Khouri, Santos Luciane Amorim
Abstract excerpt
The human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is associated with severe pathologies, such as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATLL), and infective dermatitis associated with the HTLV-1 (IDH). Interestingly, HTLV-1 infection does not necessarily imply the development of pathological processes and it is unknown why some patients...
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