Family Aggregation of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1-Associated Diseases: a Systematic Review

Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that produces a persistent infection. Two transmission routes (from mother to child and via sexual intercourse) favor familial clustering of HTLV-1. It is yet unknown why most HTLV-1 carriers remain asymptomatic while about 10% of them develop co...

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Main Authors: Carolina Alvarez, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Kristien Verdonck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01674/full