TY - JOUR ID - 8397 TI - Frequency of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) Type 1 and 2 Infection in HIV Infected Patients JO - Iranian Journal of Pathology JA - IJP LA - en SN - 1735-5303 AU - Ramezani, Amitis AU - Aghakhani, Arezoo AU - Banifazl, Mohammad AU - Boland-Ghamat, Zahra AU - Foroughi, Maryam AU - Gachkar, Latif AU - hadem-Sadegh, Akbar AU - Mohraz, Minoo AD - Clinical Research Dept., Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran AD - Iranian Society for Support of Patients With Infectious Diseases, Tehran, Iran AD - Dept. of Microbiology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran AD - Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Tehran, Iran AD - Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2012 PY - 2012 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 9 EP - 13 KW - HTLV-1 KW - HTLV-2 KW - AIDS Virus DO - N2 - Background and Objectives: Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) type 1 and 2 are retroviruses that share the same routes of transmission as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As a consequence of epidemiologic similarities, HIV and HTLV-1/2 co-infection is frequent. Due to the limited data, this study assessed the seroprevalence of HTLV-1/2 infections in HIV infected patients in Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods: This case-control study was carried out in 180 HIV infected patients from Iranian HIV/AIDS Research Center in Tehran and 117 matched healthy controls. The serum samples were checked with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for anti HTLV-1/2. Results: A total of 180 HIV positive patients with mean age 36.9±9.2 years and 117 matched controls were enrolled in the study. All cases and controls were negative for HTLV-1/2 infection. Conclusion: HTLV-1/2 infection is negligible in HIV infected patients in Tehran, Iran, although intravenous drug use is the most common route of HIV transmission in our study subjects. UR - https://ijp.iranpath.org/article_8397.html L1 - https://ijp.iranpath.org/article_8397_11569bc4d2e414eb0874682252e4d032.pdf ER -