Risk Factors for Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I among Injecting Drug Users in Northeast Brazil: Possibly Greater Efficiency of Male to Female Transmission by Inês Dourado, Tarcísio Andrade, Catherine L Carpenter, Bernardo Galvão-Castro

“…Multivariate analysis did not change the direction of these associations. Sexual intercourse might play a more important role in HTLV-I infection among women than in men.…”
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Perfil sociodemográfico, epidemiológico e comportamental de mulheres infectadas pelo HTLV-1 em Salvador-Bahia, uma área endêmica para o HTLV Sociodemographic, epidemiological and b... by Ivanoska Moxoto, Ney Boa-Sorte, Ceuci Nunes, Augusto Mota, Alexandre Dumas, Inês Dourado, Bernardo Galvão-Castro

“…Comparison between seronegative and seropositive women showed that blood transfusion, anal sex practices, first sexual intercourse before the age of 18 years and three or more sexual partners over women’s lifetime were risk factors for HTLV-1 infection. …”
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HTLV-1 Proviral Load in Vaginal Fluid Correlates with Levels in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Alisson de Aquino Firmino, Paulo Roberto Tavares Gomes Filho, Adenilda Lima Lopes Martins, Thessika Hialla Araújo, Luana Leandro Gois, Everton da Silva Batista, Jean Paulo Lacerda Araújo, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi

“…Background: The prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infection is higher in women, and sexual intercourse has been described as an important route of male-to-female transmission. …”
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