Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in HTLV-1 non-endemic regions

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BACKGROUND: HTLV-1 infection is a neglected disease, despite producing neurological and lymphoproliferative severe illnesses and affect over 10 million people worldwide. Roughly 5% of HTLV-1 carriers develop Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), one of the most aggressive hematological malignancies.

METHODS: A national HTLV-1 register exists since 1989 in Spain, a non-endemic country with a large migrant flow from Latin America and Equatorial Africa, where HTLV-1 is endemic. The main features of all patients diagnosed with ATLL in Spain up to date are reported.

RESULTS: A total of 451 cases of HTLV-1 infection had been reported in Spain until the end of year 2022. ATLL had been diagnosed in 35 (7.8%). The current average incidence of ATLL in Spain is of two cases per year. Women represent 57% of ATLL patients. Mean age at diagnosis was 47 years-old. Roughly 57% were Latin Americans and 26% Africans. At diagnosis, the majority presented with acute or lymphoma clinical forms. Survival was shorter than one year in most of them. Mean HTLV-1 proviral load was significantly greater in ATLL patients than in asymptomatic HTLV-1 carriers (2,305 vs 104 copies/104 PBMC). HTLV-1 subtyping in 6 ATLL patients found the 1a transcontinental variant (n = 4) and the Japanese variant (n = 2). All ATLL patients were negative for HIV-1, did not develop HTLV-1-associated myelopathy and were not transplant recipients.

CONCLUSION: The rate of ATLL is very low in Spain and mostly associated to migrants from HTLV-1 endemic regions. Given the poor clinical outcome of ATLL, HTLV-1 testing should be performed at least once in all migrants coming from HTLV-1 endemic countries and in natives who have lived in or had sex partners from such regions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:167

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Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 167(2023) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 105578

Sprache:

Englisch

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de Mendoza, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Rando, Ariadna [VerfasserIn]
Miró, Elisenda [VerfasserIn]
Pena, María José [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Avial, Iciar [VerfasserIn]
Ortega, Diego [VerfasserIn]
González-Praetorius, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Reina, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
Pintos, Ilduara [VerfasserIn]
Pozuelo, María José [VerfasserIn]
Soriano, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Spanish HTLV Network [VerfasserIn]
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Themen:

Adult T-cell leukemia
Epidemiology
HTLV-1
Journal Article
Lymphoma
Prenatal screening
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Testing

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Date Completed 25.09.2023

Date Revised 26.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105578

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361581572