HTLV-I is an abbreviation for the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1, also called the Adult T-cell lymphoma virus type 1, a virus that has been seriously implicated in several kinds of diseases, including HTLV-I-associated myelopathy and Strongyloides stercoralis, and as a virus cancer link for leukemia (see adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma). Between 1 in 20 and 1 in 25 infected persons are thought to develop cancer as a result of the virus.
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