Adult T-cell leukemia: a review of epidemiological evidence

Adult T-cell leukemia: a review of epidemiological evidence

Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is an aggressive T-cell malignancy caused by human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1) infection and often occurs in HTLV-1-endemic areas, such as southwestern Japan, the Caribbean islands, Central and South America, Intertropical Africa, and Middle East. To date, many...

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Main Authors: Masako eIwanaga, Toshiki eWatanabe, Kazunari eYamaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Epidemiology
HTLV-1
ATL
Adult T-cell leukemia
human T-cell leukemia virus type I
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00322/full

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