Background HTLV-1 is endemic in Guinea-Bissau, and the highest prevalence in the adult
population (5.2%) was observed in a rural area, Caió, in 1990. HIV-1 and HIV-2 are both …

Objective: To assess the prevalence of HTLV infection and its association with HIV and other
potential risk factors. Design and Setting: A cross-sectional survey and a case-control study …

Objective: To assess the prevalence and modes of transmission of HTLV-1 infection in an
adult population in Bissau, and to evaluate possible interactions between the pattern of …

Objectives Human T‐lymphotropic virus (HTLV)‐1 causes T‐cell leukaemia and myelopathy.
Together with HTLV‐2, it is endemic in some African nations. Seroprevalence data from …

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 …

Abstract French Guiana, the French territory most affected by human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)(1.3% of pregnant women), is also endemic for human T lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV1) …

Abstract Background The HIV-2 and HTLV-1 prevalences in Bissau have followed similar
trends in surveys from 1996 and 2006 with HTLV-1 prevalences of 3.6% and 2.3 …

An epidemiological study of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and syphilis has
been carried out in a multiethnic community of seven neighbouring villages located in …

Background Salvador is the city with the highest number of HTLV-1 infected individuals in
Brazil, yet the main route of HTLV-1 transmission is unknown. Objective To investigate the …

Background Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a human oncoretrovirus that
infects at least 5 to 10 million people worldwide and is associated with severe diseases …