Human T-lymphotropic virus 1: recent knowledge about an ancient infection

K Verdonck, E González, S Van Dooren, AM Vandamme, G Vanham, E Gotuzzo

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    Original languageEnglish
    JournalLancet Infectious Diseases
    Volume7
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)266-281
    ISSN1473-3099
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Keywords

    • B780-tropical-medicine
    • Viral diseases
    • HTLV-1
    • Virus structure
    • Genome
    • Epidemiology
    • Prevalence
    • Geographical distribution
    • Transmission dynamics
    • Disease transmission-vertical
    • Mother-to-child
    • Disease transmission-horizontal
    • Sexual transmission
    • Blood transfusion
    • Asymptomatic
    • Complications
    • Neoplasms
    • Leukemia-T-cell
    • Lymphoma
    • Neurologic disorders
    • Myelopathy
    • Tropical spastic paraparesis
    • Uveitis
    • Opportunistic infections
    • Strongyloides stercoralis
    • Pathogenesis
    • Immunology
    • Clinical manifestations
    • Surrogate markers
    • Prognosis
    • Laboratory diagnosis
    • Serology
    • Molecular diagnostic techniques
    • PCR
    • Clinical management
    • Interferon
    • Antiviral agents
    • Zidovudine
    • Stem cell transplantation
    • Review of the literature

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