In vitro basal T-cell proliferation among asymptomatic Human T cell Leukemia Virus type 1 patients co-infected with hepatitis C and/or Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1

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...

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Main Authors: Tatiane Assone, Tatiana M. Kanashiro, Maira P.M. Baldassin, Arthur Paiva, Michel E. Haziot, Jerusa Smid, Augusto Penalva de Oliveira, Luiz Augusto M. Fonseca, Philip J. Norris, Jorge Casseb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867017309819