by | Feb 25, 2023 | Publications, Uncategorized
Pathogens. 2023 Jan 24;12(2):182. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12020182. ABSTRACT Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causal agent of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis. Its tropism is known to be broad...
by | Feb 25, 2023 | Publications, Uncategorized
Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 14;8(2):118. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8020118. ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and HTLV I-II in donors from a blood bank in Medellin, Colombia,...
by | Feb 25, 2023 | Publications, Uncategorized
Pathogens. 2023 Feb 3;12(2):242. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12020242. ABSTRACT The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on people living with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is unknown. The aim of this study is to evaluate the COVID-19 risk factors and...
by | Feb 25, 2023 | Publications
PLoS Pathog. 2023 Feb 24;19(2):e1011202. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011202. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The complex retrovirus, human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), primarily infects CD4+ T-cells in vivo. Infectious spread within this cell population...
by | Feb 23, 2023 | Publications
Front Immunol. 2023 Feb 3;14:1043600. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1043600. eCollection 2023. ABSTRACT The African continent is considered the largest high endemic area for the oncogenic retrovirus HTLV-1 with an estimated two to five million infected individuals. However,...
by | Feb 23, 2023 | Publications
Front Microbiol. 2023 Feb 3;14:1116592. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1116592. eCollection 2023. ABSTRACT Breast, ovarian, prostate, lung, and head/neck cancers are five solid cancers with complex interrelationships. However, the shared genetic factors of the five cancers...
