tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " The 14th International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV and related retroviruses"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Retrovirology cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: The 14th International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV and related retroviruses. | Retrovirology BioMed Central Commentary The 14th International Conference on Human Retrovirology HTLV and related retroviruses July 1-4 2009 Salvador Brazil Luc Willems Open Access Address Cellular and Molecular Biology Agro-Bio Tech FUSAG Gembloux Belgium and Interdisciplinary Cluster for Applied Genoproteomics GIGA University of Liège ULg Belgium Email Luc Willems - Published 17 August 2009 Received 17 July 2009 Accepted 17 August 2009 Retrovirology 2009 6 77 doi 1742-4690-6-77 This article is available from http content 6 1 77 2009 Willems licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The 14th International Conference on Human Retrovirology HTLV and Related Retroviruses was held in Salvador Bahia from July 1st to July 4th 2009. The aim of this biennial meeting is to promote discussion and share new findings between researchers and clinicians for the benefit of patients infected by human T-lymphotropic virus HTLV . HTLV infects approximately 15-20 million individuals worldwide and causes a broad spectrum of diseases including neurodegeneration and leukemia. The scientific program included a breadth of HTLV research topics epidemiology host immune response basic mechanisms of protein function virology pathogenesis clinical aspects and treatment. Exciting new findings were presented in these different fields and the new advances have led to novel clinical trials. Here highlights from this conference are summarized. Society affairs In the opening ceremony Carlos Brites Salvador Brazil chair of the conference underscored the importance of research in preventing HTLV-induced diseases in Brazil as well as throughout the world. Many physicians are not aware of the .