Association Between HTLV-1 Infection and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study

AuthorMahmoudreza Kalantarien
AuthorShakiba Kalantarien
AuthorMohammad Reza Majidien
AuthorHoushang Rafatpanah Baygien
AuthorSare Hosseinien
AuthorSeyed Alireza Javadiniaen
OrcidHoushang Rafatpanah Baygi [0000-0002-1061-5864]en
OrcidSare Hosseini [0000-0002-1242-763X]en
OrcidSeyed Alireza Javadinia [0000-0003-2467-837X]en
Issued Date2021-12-31en
AbstractBackground: The northeast of Iran is one of the endemic regions of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1). This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between nasopharyngeal carcinoma and HTLV-1 infection in northeast Iran, an endemic area for HTLV-1. Methods: In this case-control study, paraffin-embedded nasopharyngeal tissue samples of patients with definitive nasopharyngeal carcinoma were evaluated for the presence of the HTLV-1 genome by polymerase chain reaction retrospectively. Results: Thirty patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and 30 healthy people were evaluated. All participants were matched in terms of age and gender, and all were living in Mashhad. The HTLV-1 genome was detected in only one of the people in the healthy group. Conclusions: The HTLV-1 infection and nasopharyngeal carcinoma did not correlate significantly.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/rro-123953en
KeywordHTLV-1en
KeywordNasopharyngeal Carcinomaen
KeywordPolymerase Chain Reactionen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleAssociation Between HTLV-1 Infection and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case-Control Studyen
TypeResearch Articleen

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