lymphotropic virus
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Research problems linked to this topic
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that produces a persistent infection.
- Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-induced mammary adenocarcinomas can develop from several different premalignant precursors common in GR mice.
- For nearly two decades it has been suspected that the cutaneous T cell lymphoma, mycosis fungoides (MF), and its leukemic variant, the Sézary syndrome, are caused by the human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II).
- CMV, Adenovirus (Ad) and EBV are viral pathogens causing morbidity and mortality in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and cord blood transplantation (CBT).
- Retroviruses (RNA tumor viruses, type-C viruses, oncornaviruses, leukemia viruses) can induce a variety of neoplasias (leukemias and lymphomas, sarcomas, and occasionally carcinomas) in animals, and they have been identified as the prime factor in the pathogenesis of many naturally occurring leukemias and lymphomas in several animal species.