Electron Micrographs of HTLV Family
| Title: | Electron Micrographs of HTLV Family |
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| Description: | Electron micrographs of the family of retroviruses that reproduce in t-lymphocytes. Retroviruses, which cause a variety of naturally occurring cancers in many animal species, also cause cancers in human beings. The first two human retroviruses to be discovered and characterized, human t-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II), have been associated with the human cancers known, respectively, as adult t-cell leukemia and hairy cell leukemia. HTLV-III is the AIDS virus, now called HIV-I. Epidemiologic studies have shown that HTLV-I infection and t-cell malignancy both cluster in certain geographic areas and in certain populations, and suggest that transmission occurs in the household, through sexual contacts, and perhaps at birth. |
| Topics/Categories: |
Cancer Types -- AIDS-Related Cells or Tissue -- Abnormal Cells or Tissue |
| Type: | B&W, Photo (JPEG format) |
| Source: | Laboratory Of Tumor Cell Biology. National Cancer Institute |
| Creator: | Unknown Photographer |
| AV Number: | AV-8811-3346 |
| Date Created: | November 1988 |
| Date Added: | January 1, 2001 |
| Reuse Restrictions: | None - This image is in the public domain and can be freely reused. Please credit the source and, where possible, the creator listed above. |