… T‐lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) is endemic to central Australia, but no community‐…
HTLV‐1 infection and of HTLV‐1‐associated diseases in a remote Indigenous community. …

… to a specific HTLV-1 genotype, the Australo-Melanesian c-subtype. In this study, we provide
details for 23 HTLV-1 viruses derived from the Indigenous population of central Australia, a …

… of HTLV-1 infection in the Indigenous Australian population. Future strategies to control
HTLV-1 … careful community engagement, cultural understanding and Indigenous leadership. …

… Socially disadvantaged HTLV-1 carriers in our Indigenous Australian cohort experienced
more BSI episodes and were more often admitted with respiratory conditions including LRTI …

… Despite high HTLV-1 seropositivity rates and numerous reports of life-threatening … HTLV-1
infection in Indigenous Australians, no systematic attempt has been made to control HTLV-1 …

… (HTLV-1c) is highly endemic to central Australia where the most frequent complication of
HTLV-1 infection in Indigenous Australians is … to quantify the prognosis of HTLV-1c infection and …

… Our findings clearly show that people with HTLV-1 are at a higher risk of death than their
HTLV-1-negative counterparts, but reasons for this are not well understood. There might be …

… A PVL assay for the HTLV-1c subtype that infects Indigenous Australians was developed
and applied to this study. Clinical, radiological, and virological parameters were compared …

… HTLV-1 seroprevalence also has to be considered in the context of the delivery of care to
Indigenous Australians who … the high seroprevalence of HTLV-1 in central Australia and FNQ is …

… Diabetes, hypertension and remote residence are all known to be associated with CKD in
Indigenous Australians,21 and this was also the case in the present study. The reason for the …