The challenge of describing the epidemiology of HTLV in the Amazon region of Brazil
Abstract HTLV-1 was the first described human retrovirus and was soon found to be associated with severe clinical diseases, including a devastating lymphoma/leukemia and other inflammatory diseases. Although HTLV-2 is not usually pathogenic, it is widely distributed among native Indian populations i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Retrovirology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12977-020-0512-z |