… Citation2 There are several reports from other countries in South America, Brazil, and the
neighbor countries, Peru and Colombia, showing a prevalence of HTLV-1 infection of up to 13.9…

… Despite the large number of infected people around the world, the true prevalence of HTLV-1
… In Colombia, cases are described in the Pacific area, specifically in the region of Tumaco in …

… not endemic areas for HTLV-I in Japan, a high prevalence of HTLV-1 was found in leprosy
patients from two sanatoria, suggesting that HTLV-I infection occurred after patients entered …

… Seroprevalence and cofactors of HTLV-I infection in Tumaco, Colombia. AIDS Res Hum …
Detection of human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) provirus in an infected cell line and in …

… prevalence of the oncogenic infectious agents, or to additional co-factors causally linked to
the infectious … It is also notable that many cases come from the Tumaco district, in which TSP/…

… Colombia) ( 6 - 8 . The Pacific coast of South America is known to have the … prevalence of
HTLV-1 infection, as described in demographic distribution studies in Perú 9 and Colombia 10 , …

… lowlands of Colombia, particularly in the locality of Tumaco Island, Nariño Department, …
the local ratio of TSP cases per HTLV-I carriers is unusually high, and the prevalence rate of …

… infections (8–10). The prevalence of HTLV-1 infection in children in Colombia is still …
individuals in the city of Tumaco, reported a seroprevalence of antibodies against HTLV-1 in …

… 1,500 years old showed that HTLV-I clones were similar to … some other countries like
Colombia the prevalence is high in … very low prevalence or absence of HTLV-1 infection among …

… Outside of Tumaco, a prevalence of 0.05% in blood donors … sexually transmitted infections
function as a cofactor facilitating … HTLV-I and -II infections in a nationwide survey of pregnant …