Origin and prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and type 2 (HTLV-2) among indigenous populations in the Americas

A Paiva, J Casseb - Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is found in indigenous peoples of the Pacific
Islands and the Americas, whereas type 2 (HTLV-2) is widely distributed among the …

The challenge of describing the epidemiology of HTLV in the Amazon region of Brazil

R Ishak, M de Oliveira Guimarães Ishak, ACR Vallinoto - Retrovirology, 2020 - Springer
HTLV-1 was the first described human retrovirus and was soon found to be associated with
severe clinical diseases, including a devastating lymphoma/leukemia and other …

High prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus 2 (HTLV-2) infection in villages of the Xikrin tribe (Kayapo), Brazilian Amazon region

ILJ Braço, KSG de Sá, M Waqasi, MAF Queiroz… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Studies have shown that the human T-lymphotropic virus 2 (HTLV-2) is
endemic in several indigenous populations of the Brazilian Amazon and molecular analyses …

Human T cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-I/II) in South America: should it be a public health concern?

ABF Carneiro-Proietti, B Catalan-Soares… - Journal of biomedical …, 2002 - karger.com
The presence of the human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II) in South America is well
established. Its origin and spectrum in the continent still remain a matter of debate. There are …

Endemic transmission of HTLV type II among Kayapo Indians of Brazil

FL Black, RJ Biggar, JV Neel, EM Maloney… - AIDS research and …, 1994 - liebertpub.com
Serological studies on 926 blood samples from 703 Brazilian Kayapo (Cayapo) Indians
showed, by conventional definition of HTLV seropositivity, a 28% prevalence of human T …

Lymphotropic viruses EBV, KSHV and HTLV in Latin America: epidemiology and associated malignancies. a literature-based study by the RIAL-CYTED

P Chabay, D Lens, R Hassan, SM Rodríguez Pinilla… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) and human T-
lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) are lymphomagenic viruses with region-specific induced …

[PDF][PDF] Serological and molecular evidence of HTLV-I infection among Japanese immigrants living in the Amazon region of Brazil

ACR Vallinoto, NA Muto, GS Pontes… - Japanese journal of …, 2004 - niid.go.jp
Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection was investigated in 168 Japanese
immigrants (64 males and 104 females) living in the Tome-Acu county located in the State of …

Human rights, biomedical science, and infectious diseases among South American indigenous groups

AM Hurtado, CA Lambourne, P James… - Annu. Rev …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
Despite the efforts of international health agencies to reduce global health inequalities,
indigenous populations around the world remain largely unaffected by such initiatives. This …

Prevalence and risk factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in native populations from Brazilian Western Amazon

RPA Cunha, FP Alves, AMC Rocha, GA Rocha… - Transactions of the …, 2003 - Elsevier
We evaluated the prevalence of, and factors associated with, Helicobacter pylori infection in
222 subjects from 3 distinct communities of native populations (Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indians …

HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections in hematologic disorder patients, cancer patients, and healthy individuals from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

SMF de Carvalho, MSP de Oliveira… - JAIDS Journal of …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
To clarify the seroprevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) among
hematologic and cancer patients in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we investigated sera …