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Multiple recombinant events in human T-cell Leukemia virus Type 1: complete sequences of recombinant African strains
(Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020-01-01)
Africa is the largest endemic area for HTLV-1, with many molecular genotypes. We previously demonstrated that some strains from North Africa (a-NA clade) originated from a recombinant event between Senegalese and West ...
COVID-19 Comes 40 Years After AIDS - Any Lesson?
(AIDS Reviews, 2020-06)
The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has hit health-care systems and societies in an unprecedented manner. In 1981, the first cases of AIDS were reported and wide diagnostic ...
HTLV-1 infection and health outcomes
(The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020-04)
The meta-analysis published by Gill Schierhout and colleagues1 reported an increased relative risk of premature death in individuals infected with HTLV-1 compared with individuals not infected with HTLV-1 (RR 1·57, 95% CI ...
Tough requirements for new antiretroviral drugs
(The Lancet HIV, 2020-03)
Medical and social attention to HIV infection has declined globally and is increasingly focused on developing regions, where the epidemic is still largely uncontrolled. In North America and western Europe, AIDS is rarely ...
Advances in hepatitis B therapeutics
(Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2020-10)
Despite the availability of both effective preventive vaccines and oral antivirals, over 250 million people are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Globally, chronic hepatitis B is the leading cause of ...
Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes in Persons With HIV and Decompensated Cirrhosis Using a Collaborative Multidisciplinary HIV-Centered Approach
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2021)
Fifty-four consecutive persons with HIV co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and liver decompensation were treated with direct-acting antivirals (DAA). The HCV treatment was delivered using a multidisciplinary ...
Envisioning a hepatitis delta cure with new antivirals
(Future Medicine Ltd., 2021)
Envisioning a hepatitis delta cure with new antivirals
Screening for retroviruses and hepatitis viruses using dried blood spots reveals a high prevalence of occult hepatitis B in Ghana
(Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2019-05)
Background: Recent advances in antiviral therapy show potential for a cure and/or control of most human infections caused by hepatitis viruses and retroviruses. However, medical success is largely dependent on the ...
Rapid subacute myelopathy following kidney transplantation from HTLV-1 donors: role of immunosuppresors and failure of antiretrovirals
(Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2019-08)
Two kidney transplant recipients from a single donor became infected with HTLV-1 (human T-lymphotropic virus type 1) in Spain. One developed myelopathy 8 months following surgery despite early prescription of antiretroviral ...