HTLV-1 (ref. 1) is the causal agent of adult T cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1–associated myelopathy and tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and is associated with other inflammatory disorders and ...

A deadly virus has infected around 40 percent of adults in rural Aboriginal communities in Australia, and its spread is causing alarm. It’s nothing new, however: The reason it’s got public health ...

Figure 1: Map of northern Chile, showing locations of study fields from which mummy bones and blood samples of contemporary Andean people were collected (boxed area, right, enlarged at left). To ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a blood screening test that distinguishes between human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and HTLV-II, which can cause adult T-cell leukemia ...

Residents in Australia's Northern Territory are being affected by an ancient virus that can lead to leukemia and lymphoma. The rate of infection of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1, or HTLV-1, is ...

In some cases, viruses have been linked to cancer. For example, HPV, which is now preventable with a vaccine, can lead to some types of cancer, Epstein-Barr virus has also been connected to the ...

Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs) are transmitted through breastfeeding, needle sharing, intravenous drug use, and sexual contact. While HIV makes global headlines, its lesser-known “lost ...

You’ve heard of HIV. You’ve definitely heard of COVID-19 – probably more often than you want to, let’s face it. You know about HPV, and tons of other viruses besides… but there’s one that gets nowhere ...

A study led by SMU suggests that oleandrin — a drug derived from the Nerium oleander plant — could prevent the HTLV-1 virus from spreading by targeting a stage of the reproduction process that is not ...

Human T-lymphotropic viruses, HTLV, comprise a family of four related retroviruses that affect T-cells, a type of white blood cell. The viruses are thought to have passed from monkeys into humans, and ...

It was a mystery illness to them. No one in the immediate Kurian family had heard of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1, HTLV-1, before patriarch George was diagnosed with blood cancer. Doctors told ...

Philadelphia, PA , Sept. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HTLV 2026, the international conference dedicated to advance discovery research on Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1), today announced ...