One of the strange things, is that HTLV is even spelled similar to HIV, isn't it?
HTLV
HIV
LOOKS SIMILAR TO ME
At the risk of feeding a troll, sure they look similar. Not that surprising when two of the letters in both acronyms stand for the same words
H Human H Human
I Immunodeficiency T T
V Virus L Lymphocyte
V Virus
My god, that proves it all...