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Aportes y consideraciones sobre la infección por los virus linfotrópicos-T humanos tipo 1 y 2 en Argentina / Contributions to the knowledge of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) infections in Argentina
Biglione, Mirna M; Berini, Carolina A.
  • Biglione, Mirna M; CONICET. Buenos Aires. AR
  • Berini, Carolina A; Universidad Buenos Aires. CONICET. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Retrovirus y SIDA. Buenos Aires. AR
Actual. SIDA. infectol ; 21(81): 84-94, sep.2013. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-777930
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El virus linfotrópicos-T humanos tipo 1 (HTLV-1) es el agente etiológico de una enfermedad hematológica de mal pronóstico, la leucemia de células T del adulto (ATL) y de una enfermedad neurológica invalidante, la mielopatía asociada al HTLV-1/paraparesia espástica tropical (HAM/TSP) para las cuales no existe un tratamiento eficaz. El virus linfotrópico-T humano tipo 2 (HTLV-2) ha sido relacionado a síndromes neurológicos, aumento de infecciones y mortalidad. En Argentina, existe una restricción étnica/geográfica con una región endémica para el HTLV-1 en el Noroeste (Aymarás) y otra para el HTLV-2 en la Región Chaqueña (Tobas y Wichis). El aumento de corrientes migratorias a partir de áreas endémicas ha contribuido a la mayor circulación de estos virus en el país, hecho que plantea el desafío de poder brindar un diagnóstico final y una atención integral a los individuos. Este manuscrito comprende una revisión actualizada y la experiencia de nuestro grupo sobre estas infecciones...
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HTLV-1 is the ethiologic agent of an hematologic disease with bad prognosis, Adult T-cell Leukemia (ATL) lethal in short time and a chronic and progressively invalidant neurological disease, HTLV-1 Associated Mielopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP), for which no effective treatment is available. HTLV-2 has been related to neurologic syndromes, an increase in infections and mortality. In Argentina, the infection shows an ethnic/geographic restriction with an endemic regions for HTLV-1 in the Northeast (Aymaras) and for HTLV-2 in the Chaqueña Region (Tobas y Wichis). The increasing migrations from endemic areas have contributed to a major circulatin of these viruses and detection of HAM/TSP and ATL cases countrywide. This situation poses the challenge of giving a complete and final diagnosis and an integral care to infected individuals. This manuscript describes general aspects of HTLV-1/2 and the situation and experience of our group on these infections in the country...
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Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Spinal Cord Diseases / Opportunistic Infections / Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Serologic Tests / Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Blotting, Western / Endemic Diseases / Hematologic Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Argentina Language: Spanish Journal: Actual. SIDA. infectol Journal subject: Medicine / SINDROIMUNE IMUN ADQUIRIDAUIRIDAUIRIDA Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: CONICET/AR / Universidad Buenos Aires/AR

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Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Spinal Cord Diseases / Opportunistic Infections / Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Serologic Tests / Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Blotting, Western / Endemic Diseases / Hematologic Diseases Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Argentina Language: Spanish Journal: Actual. SIDA. infectol Journal subject: Medicine / SINDROIMUNE IMUN ADQUIRIDAUIRIDAUIRIDA Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: CONICET/AR / Universidad Buenos Aires/AR