HTLV-1 and HIV-2 infection are associated with increased mortality in a rural West African community.
BACKGROUND: Survival of people with HIV-2 and HTLV-1 infection is better than that of HIV-1 infected people, but long-term follow-up data are rare. We compared mortality rates of HIV-1, HIV-2, and HTLV-1 infected subjects with those of retrovirus-uninfected people in a rural community in Guinea-Bis...
Main Authors: | van Tienen, C, Schim van der Loeff, M, Peterson, I, Cotten, M, Andersson, S, Holmgren, B, Vincent, T, de Silva, T, Rowland-Jones, S, Aaby, P, Whittle, H |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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