HTLV-1 and HIV-1 co-infection: A case report and review of the literature

HTLV type 1 and 2 are both involved in actively spreading epidemics, affecting over 15 million people worldwide. HTLV-1 has been described as the more clinically significant one, being associated with diseases such as adult T-cell leukemia and tropical spastic paraparesis. We report here a case of t...

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Main Authors: Carmen Isache, Michael Sands, Nilmarie Guzman, Danisha Figueroa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250916300142