The human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 is also known by the acronym HTLV-1, or as human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1.
The virus can cause a type of cancer called adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATL).
HTLV-1 is transmitted primarily through infected bodily fluids including blood, breast milk and semen.29 jui. 2023
How is HTLV-1 diagnosed? HTLV-1 is usually found using a blood test to detect antibodies to the virus.
Many people have no symptoms.
You may only find out that you have the virus when you have a blood test.
Although there hasn't been much attention lately on this form of the vaccine, the initial attempts to develop an HTLV-1 immunization depended on recombinant vaccinia virus, and the majority of results seem positive and effective for this type of vaccine.
Few studies were conducted on humans.