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Assone,Tatiane; Kanashiro,Tatiana M.; Baldassin,Maira P.M.; Paiva,Arthur; Haziot,Michel E.; Smid,Jerusa; Oliveira,Augusto Penalva de; Fonseca,Luiz Augusto M.; Norris,Philip J.; Casseb,Jorge. |
ABSTRACT Background: Infection with Human T cell Leukemia Virus type 1 can be associated with myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and other inflammatory diseases. Lymphocytes from about half of Human T cell Leukemia Virus type 1-infected subjects spontaneously proliferate in vitro, and how this phenomenon relates to symptomatic disease and viral burden is poorly understood. Objective: To evaluate T-cell proliferation in vitro among patients co-infected with Human T cell Leukemia Virus type 1/Hepatitis C Virus/Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1. Material and methods: From 610 Human T cell Leukemia Virus-infected patients of the Human T cell Leukemia Virus outpatient clinic from Institute of Infectious Diseases “Emilio Ribas” in São Paulo,... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HCV; HTLV-1; HIV-1; T-cell proliferation. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702018000200106 |
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