A probable association between HTLV-1 and endemic mycosis in Latin America

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dc.date.available2022-01-18T19:34:44Z
dc.date.created2022-01-18T19:34:44Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11204
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.2305
dc.description.abstractWe have read with interest the case report of severe gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in a patient infected with Human T lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) by Canelo Aybarand colleagues [1]. In this case report, a possible link between these entities is suggested, but no conclusive evidence of a true association is provided. HTLV-1 causes clinical manifestations by three main mechanisms: auto-immune processes, malignant conditions, and infectious complications [2]...
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJournal of Infection in Developing Countries
dc.relationJournal of Infection in Developing Countries
dc.relation1972-2680
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectEndemic disease
dc.subjectdisease association
dc.subjectSouth and Central America
dc.subjectHuman T cell leukemia virus 1
dc.subjectHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1
dc.subjectletter
dc.subjecttuberculosis
dc.subjectstrongyloidiasis
dc.subjectimmunocompromised patient
dc.subjectdermatitis
dc.subjectmixed infection
dc.subjectscabies
dc.subjectSouth American blastomycosis
dc.subjectmycosis
dc.subjectautoimmune disease
dc.subjectchronic diarrhea
dc.subjectcolon ulcer
dc.subjectmalignant neoplastic disease
dc.titleA probable association between HTLV-1 and endemic mycosis in Latin America
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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