| Literature DB >> 8549726 |
M Giacomo1, E G Franco, C Claudio, C Carlo, D A Anna, D Anna, F Franco.
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The prevalence and the risk factors of the human T-cell leukemia virus type I/II (HTLV-I/II) infection were evaluated among 552 individuals at high risk for HIV-1. HTLV infections showed a low (1.6%) prevalence, were restricted to intravenous drug addicts and were due to HTLV-II alone. Moreover, in order to weigh the influence of HTLV-II on the natural history of HIV-1 infection, the clinical outcome of HIV-1 disease was compared between subjects with and without HTLV-II coinfection. Our findings showed that HTLV-II does not adversely affect the outcome of HIV-1 infection. Infact, a slower disease progression has been recorded in some HTLV-II coinfected subjects.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 8549726 DOI: 10.1007/bf01719304
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Epidemiol ISSN: 0393-2990 Impact factor: 8.082