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HTLV-I

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HTLV-I  (cht-lv-wn)
n.
A retrovirus associated with adult leukemia and lymphoma and with certain demyelinating diseases.
[h(uman) T(-cell) l(ymphotropic) v(irus) I.]


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Viruses detected in HTLV-I associated myelopathy and adult T-cell leukaemia are identical on DNA blotting.
Emerging infectious determinants of chronic diseases by Hughes, James M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Others are human papillomavirus (HPV), a cause of cervical cancer; HTLV-I, which can cause a rare cancer or a paralytic illness; mycoplasma, which causes urethritis; mobiluncus, which causes vaginosis; and human herpes virus 8, which causes Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoma.
Risky sex breeds neglected epidemic by Sternberg, Steve / Science News
The team's technique rapidly and unambiguously discriminates between HTLV-I and HTLV-II, Chen says.
HTLV-II common among drug abusers by Science News
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