Coinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis in blood donors infected with human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type 1 in São Paulo City, Brazil.

Evaluating the frequency of HTLV-Ι/Π infection among blood donors, major thalassemic patients and individuals infected with hepatitis B and C viruses in Isfahan, Iran

Background: The human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I is the first retrovirus idenfied in humans. The virus has been associated with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, human T-lymphotropic virus type I, myelopathy/tropical spasc paraparesis, uveis, arthris, pulmonary lymphocyc alveolis, keratoconjuncvis sicca, and infecous dermas. Human T-lymphotropic virus type Iis endemic in Japan...

CADM1 Overexpression and CD7 Downregulation in Strongyloides stercoralis and HTLV-1 Coinfection as Possible Markers for Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma progression

Epidemiological and clinical interaction between HTLV-1 and Strongyloides stercoralis.

Strongyloides stercoralis is the most common human parasitic nematode that is able to complete a life cycle and proliferate within its host. The majority of patients with strongyloidiasis have an asymptomatic infection or mild disease. However, when autoinfection occurs, a high number of infecting larvae can gain access to the bloodstream by penetrating the colonic mucosa leading to a severe hy...

Occurrence of strongyloidiasis among patients with HTLV-1/2 seen at the outpatient clinic of the Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.

INTRODUCTION This study investigated the occurrence of Strongyloides stercoralis infestation and coinfection with HTLV-1/2 in Belém, Brazil. METHODS S. stercoralis was investigated in stool samples obtained from individuals infected with HTLV-1/2 and their uninfected relatives. RESULTS The frequency of S. stercoralis was 9% (9/100), including six patients infected with HTLV-1 (14.3%), two p...

Resistant and disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a young patient with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a mature T-cell malignancy associated to the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1). There are between 10 and 20 million HTLV-1 carriers worldwide, particularly in Southwest Japan, the Caribbean, Central Africa, South America and Papua New-Guinea. In developed countries the median age of patients with ATLL is 60 years, however this is lower in d...