… /2 infection, with 0.1% of individuals seropositive for HTLV-1 and 8.1% for HTLV-2. The …
Here, we present a prevalence of HTLV-1/2 among Indigenous peoples of the Brazilian Amazon. …

… originating from Kyushu, a highly endemic area of HTLV-1 in Japan [88]. HTLV human
infections in the Amazon region of Brazil have been recorded by several studies that considered …

… studied in Brazil, the prevalence of HTLV-1 in the present study was similar to that found
in quilombo remnant communities in Central Brazil (0.5%) (52). The prevalence of HTLV-2 in …

… study, we investigated the occurrence of HTLV-1/2 infection and its … of the largest metropolises
in the Brazilian Amazon, to alert public … of the spread of HTLV-1/2 in the Brazilian territory. …

… The present study confirmed that the aA HTLV-1 genotype is found in the metropolitan …
of Brazil and Latin America. The aA subtype is one of the most common HTLV-1 genotypes, …

… The endemicity of HTLV-2 among the indigenous people of Brazil makes the Brazilian
Amazon the largest … A review of HTLV-1 in all Brazilian tribes supports the African origin of …

… study of the seroprevalence of HTLV-1 in the same Amazon population. In all analyzed env
… in HTLV-1 gp46 and gp21 confirm the presence of conserved sites in the HTLV-1 envelope …

… In Brazil, the first cases of HTLV were detected in 1986, in a … Subsequently, the detection
of the virus in different Brazilian … of Brazil, reports have shown a high prevalence of HTLV-1/2 …

… HTLV-1 infection occurs worldwide while HTLV-2 was initially mainly restricted to Amerindians
and people who inject drugs on the American continent 8., 9.. In Brazil, HTLV-1 and HTLV-…

… HTLV-2 followed the ancient route of human migration from the Asian … time, HTLV-2c
probably arose and became isolated among the indigenous populations in the Brazilian Amazon. …