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Viruses. 2022 Aug 26;14(9):1888. doi: 10.3390/v14091888. ABSTRACT The bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and the human T-lymphothropic viruses (HTLVs) are members of the deltaretrovirus genus of Retroviridae family. An essential event of the retroviral life cycle is the...
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Viruses. 2022 Sep 14;14(9):2037. doi: 10.3390/v14092037. ABSTRACT Dendritic cells (DCs) function as a link between innate and adaptive immune responses. Retroviruses HIV-1 and HTLV-1 modulate DCs to their advantage and utilize them to propagate infection. Coinfection...
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Viruses. 2022 Sep 6;14(9):1975. doi: 10.3390/v14091975. ABSTRACT Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) screening is not mandatory in Spanish blood banks. In Catalonia, selective screening was introduced in 2008, followed by universal screening in...
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Viruses. 2022 Sep 3;14(9):1955. doi: 10.3390/v14091955. ABSTRACT HIV, HTLV-1/-2, and HCV share routes of transmission, and such virus co-infections could account for worse outcomes of associated diseases. Measuring cytokines/chemokines, CD4 and CD8 T cells, and HIV...
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Infez Med. 2022 Sep 1;30(3):362-371. doi: 10.53854/liim-3003-5. eCollection 2022. ABSTRACT The battle against human viral infections has historically relied on two medical strategies, namely vaccines to protect from contagion and antivirals to treat infected patients....
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Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep. 2022 Sep 1;2022:22-0299. doi: 10.1530/EDM-22-0299. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT SUMMARY: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) causes adult T-cell leukemia and lymphoma (ATLL) and is a rare but important cause of...
