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Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: technical report – World Health Organization

Human T‐cell lymphotropic virus‐1 (HTLV‐1), is a retrovirus which causes lifelong infection in humans. Infection is sometimes asymptomatic, but chronic infection…

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Human Tcell lymphotropic virus1 (HTLV1), is a retrovirus which causes lifelong infection in humans. Infection is sometimes asymptomatic, but chronic infection causes a spectrum of various clinical syndromes, the severe ones being an aggressive malignancy known as adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATL) and a progressive neurological condition known as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy.
This Technical report on HTLV-1 captures the epidemiological status and management approaches for HTLV-1 virus infection…

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