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Increased mortality associated with HTLV-II infection in blood donors: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: HTLV-I is associated with adult T-cell leukemia, and both HTLV-I and -II are associated with HTLV-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Several published reports suggest that HTLV-I may lead to decreased survival, but HTLV-II has not previously been associated wit...

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Autores principales: Orland, Jennie R, Wang, Baoguang, Wright, David J, Nass, Catharie C, Garratty, George, Smith, James W, Newman, Bruce, Smith, Donna M, Murphy, Edward L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC419722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15169553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-1-4