Prevalence and Risk Factors for HTLV-1/2 Infection in Quilombo Remnant Communities Living in the Brazilian Amazon

Prevalence and Risk Factors for HTLV-1/2 Infection in Quilombo Remnant Communities Living in the Brazilian Amazon

Human T-lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) are retroviruses that originated on the African continent and dispersed throughout other continents through human migratory flows. This study describes the prevalence of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infection in residents of 11 quilombo remnant communiti...

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Main Authors: Wandrey Roberto dos Santos Brito, Greice de Lemos Cardoso-Costa, Lourival Marques Roland Junior, Keise Adrielle Santos Pereira, Felipe Teixeira Lopes, Bernardo Cintra dos Santos, Aline Cecy Rocha de Lima, Isabella Nogueira Abreu, Carlos Neandro Cordeiro Lima, Sandra Souza Lima, Izaura M. Vieira Cayres Vallinoto, Eduardo José Melo dos Santos, João Farias Guerreiro, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
HTLV-1/2
Amazon
quilombos
epidemiology
vulnerable population
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.871865/full

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