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Category: HTLV

Rapid HTLV-1 associated disease onset: age and infective dermatitis in Bahia, Brazil

Posted onJune 28, 2018August 5, 2018

The Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) retrovirus infects an estimated 5 to 10 million people worldwide. Infection results in carriage of the virus but about 90% of carriers don’t Read More …

CategoriesHTLVTagsBahia, Brazil, HAM/TSP, HTLV-1, HTLV-1–associated myelopathy, IDH, Infective dermatitis associated to HTLV-1, Tropical spastic paraparesis

HTLV-1 in Australia: Don’t test, don’t find, can’t understand

Posted onMay 25, 2018May 26, 2018

UPDATES: #1 The presence of HTLV-1 in Australian Aboriginal people is not new and it has not been hidden from those best suited to do something constructive to contain its Read More …

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Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1): a primer

Posted onMay 17, 2018June 11, 2018

What is HTLV-1? HTLV-1 is a human delta retrovirus assigned to the genus Deltaretrovirus, species Primate T-lymphotropic virus 1 [5]. It was first described in 1980.[10] Soon thereafter Japanese researchers identified endemic virus, Read More …

CategoriesHTLVTagsAustralia, HTLV, HTLV-1c, overview

HTLV-1 primers: a list of some that have been published in the scientific literature

Posted onMay 1, 2018March 15, 2019

In recent weeks there has been a surge in media interest about a virus called human T-lymphotropic virus I (HTLV-1) that is present among the Indigenous Australians living in communities Read More …

CategoriesHTLV, PCRTagsAustralia, diagnostics, HTLV, HTLV-1c, qPCR, real-time PCR, viral load

HTLV-I is not new to Australia but a proper strategic response to it would be

Posted onMay 1, 2018March 15, 20191 Comment

Recent news stories from the Gaurdian and elsewhere have highlighted the serious issue of Aboriginal Australians living in Central Australia (the generalised region, not a State or Territory of Australia) Read More …

CategoriesHTLVTagsAustralia, history, HTLV, HTLV-1c, retrovirus

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