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 …

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 …

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION A total of 956 children infected with HIV-1/2 were invited to
participate in this study. Of these, 945 (98.8%) consented voluntarily to participate through …

Different Ivorian population groups were comparatively tested for antibodies to HTLV-I, HIV-
1, and HIV-2. They included 1,334 healthy individuals, 176 unselected medical patients in …

Between 1987 and 1988, a survey to determine the distribution of HTLV-I infection was
conducted in a representative population of adults, living in southern Chad, Cameroon, and …

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) …

Because HTLV-I, HTLV-2, and HIV share identical modes of transmission, simultaneous or
subsequent infections with these retroviruses are to be expected. The population of Santos …

The prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic viruses types 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) in
Mozambique is not known. The present study examined blood samples from 208, 226, and …

Seroprevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) among a sample of persons
selected from a government register of businesses in Trinidad was 3.2% in 1,025 persons of …