Molecular epidemiology of endemic human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in a rural community in Guinea-Bissau.

Molecular epidemiology of endemic human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in a rural community in Guinea-Bissau.

Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) infection causes lethal adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and severely debilitating HTLV-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in up to 5% of infected adults. HTLV-1 is endemic in parts of Africa and the highest prevalence in West Africa (5...

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Main Authors: Carla van Tienen, Thushan I de Silva, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Clayton O Onyango, Sheikh Jarju, Nato Gonçalves, Tim Vincent, Peter Aaby, Hilton Whittle, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Matthew Cotten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3373628?pdf=render

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