| survey of the seroprovalence of htlv i/ii in hemodialysis patients and blood donors in urmia. | human t lymphocytotropic virus htlv is a virus from retroviridae family, and more than 20 million people are infected with this virus worldwide. it can cause leukemia/lymphoma in adults, tropical spastic paralysis, htlv associated myelopathy, spastic paraparesis, tropical myelopathy (ham/tsp), and some other nervous system diseases. it is transmitted by means of blood products via blood transfusion. in iran, except the great khorasan region, none of blood products undergo screening for htlv. imm ... | 2008 | 18711311 |