Risk Factors (TB)

HTLV-1 May Not Increase Risk of TB

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 7th, 1997

Despite previous reports, human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection may not be a risk factor for tuberculosis, according to a researcher studying the disease in Papua New Guinea.

In a review of the infectious complications of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection, Marsh et al. suggested that those individuals infected with HTLV-1 may be at increased risk of tuberculosis (Clin Infect Dis 1996;23:138-145). The risk may be due to reduced delayed-type hypersensitivity to PPD in asymptomatic patients infected with HTLV-1, they said.

In a more recent study, researcher R.A. Seaton of the United Kingdom's Kings Cross Hospital...

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