Abstract
Human T-cell leukaemia virus-1(HTLV-1) is a kind of retrovirus which after entering in the human body reversely transcribed into several proviruses integrating the host genome develops a lethal blood cancer known as adult T-cell leukaemia (ATL). HTLV-1 also develops some other life threatening diseases like HTLV-1 associated myelopathy or tropical spastic myelopathy (HAM/TSP) in human. The present paper is an attempt to discuss discovery, epidemiology, diagnosis and transmission of the virus with their diseases and cancer causing abilities in the light of recent researches done so far in the field of microbial origin of cancer.
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