Human T-lymphotropic Virus Overview

Encyclopedia: Human T-lymphotropic Virus

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Human T-lymphotropic virus is a human, single-stranded RNA retrovirus that causes T-cell leukemia and T-cell lymphoma in adults and may also be involved in certain demyelinating diseases, including tropical spastic paraparesis. Adult T-lymphotropic virus is a strain of this disease that affects primarily adults. A closely related virus is bovine leukemia virus BLV. HTLV-I is an abbreviation for the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1, also called the Adult T-cell...


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