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Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma in a Caucasian Patient After Sexual Transmission of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1.
- Source :
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases . Spring2015, Vol. 2 Issue 2, p1-5. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), a T-cell neoplasm caused by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), develops in the majority of cases in individuals who were infected with HTLV-1 as young children, by their mother during prolonged breastfeeding. We report the case of a Caucasian French man, whose parents were HTLV-1-seronegative and who developed ATLL after HTLV-1 sexual transmission by a Cameroonian woman. This hypothesis was corroborated by genotyping of the patient's virus, which revealed an HTLV-1B strain, found only in Central Africa, especially in Cameroon. Thus, ATLL may develop after HTLV-1 infection during adulthood, outside breastfeeding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *T cells
*LYMPHOMAS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23288957
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 111147508
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv032