title: [Malignant strongyloidiasis and the HTLV-I virus].
abstract: A significant association between Strongyloides stercoralis and HTLV-1 infections has been demonstrated in areas (such as southern Japan and the Caribbean) where HTLV-1 is endemic. Due to the immunomodulating effects of the virus and the parasite, patients with both infections would be at risk for overwhelming strongyloidiasis as well as for T-lymphocyte haemopathy. S. stercoralis is thought to be a cofactor for viral replication and leukaemogenic power.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de jour, CHRU La Meynard, Fort-de-France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neisson-Vernant
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Edouard
mesh_terms: D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Anguillulose "maligne" et virus HTLV-I.