Familial Transmission of Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Virus: Silent Dissemination of an Emerging but Neglected Infection

BACKGROUND: HTLV-1 is a retrovirus that causes lymphoproliferative disorders and inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system in humans. The prevalence of this infection is high in parts of Brazil and there is a general lack of public health care programs. As a consequence, o...

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Main Authors: da Costa, Carlos Araujo, Furtado, Karen Cristini Yumi Ogawa, Ferreira, Louise de Souza Canto, Almeida, Danilo de Souza, Linhares, Alexandre da Costa, Ishak, Ricardo, Vallinoto, Antonio Carlos Rosário, de Lemos, José Alexandre Rodrigues, Martins, Luisa Caricio, Ishikawa, Edna Aoba Yassui, de Sousa, Rita Catarina Medeiros, de Sousa, Maísa Silva
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681619/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23785534
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002272
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