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Immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: A Survey in an endemic region of Iran and Afghan refugees

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus associated with two life-threatening diseases; HAM/TSP and ATLL. Due to the slow-growing HTLV-1 infection worldwide, WHO urged for elimination. A large border with Afghanistan, northeast Iran is an endemic region for HTLV-1 infection. Histor...

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Autores principales: Mahdifar, Maryam, Akbari-Eidgahi, Mohammad Reza, Mosavat, Arman, Pourreza, Alireza, Akbarin, Mohammad Mehdi, Valizadeh, Narges, Rezaee, Seyed Abdolrahim, Rafatpanah, Houshang
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001484
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author Mahdifar, Maryam
Akbari-Eidgahi, Mohammad Reza
Mosavat, Arman
Pourreza, Alireza
Akbarin, Mohammad Mehdi
Valizadeh, Narges
Rezaee, Seyed Abdolrahim
Rafatpanah, Houshang
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Akbari-Eidgahi, Mohammad Reza
Mosavat, Arman
Pourreza, Alireza
Akbarin, Mohammad Mehdi
Valizadeh, Narges
Rezaee, Seyed Abdolrahim
Rafatpanah, Houshang
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description Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus associated with two life-threatening diseases; HAM/TSP and ATLL. Due to the slow-growing HTLV-1 infection worldwide, WHO urged for elimination. A large border with Afghanistan, northeast Iran is an endemic region for HTLV-1 infection. Historically, Afghanistan has common sociocultural similarities to Persian peoples. This study was conducted to evaluate HTLV-1 prevalence in Afghan refugees. Also, the HTLV-1 transmission rate and understanding of whether or not the Silk Road has been the route of HTLV-1 infection to Iran were investigated. This case-control study was conducted in a rural area of Fariman city, with Afghan residents who migrated around 165 years ago, from 1857, the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Anglo-Persian war, and a refugee camp in Torbat-e-Jam city. These populations in HTLV-1 endemic area were compared to a segregated population of Afghan refugees in Semnan, the centre of Iran. Blood samples of 983 volunteers were assessed with the ELISA method for the presence of HTLV-1 antibodies and then confirmed by PCR technique. All samples from Afghan refugee camps, Semnan and Torbat-e-Jam, were negative for HTLV-1 infection. However, the prevalence of HTLV-1 infection in Fariman, a rural population of Afghan origin, was approximately 2.73%. The results showed that HTLV-1 is not endemic in Afghanistan, a war-stricken region with refugees distributed worldwide. The land Silk Road has not been the route of HTLV-1 transmission to Northeastern Iran. Importantly, HTLV-1 endemicity might occur during a long time of living in an endemic area.
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spelling pubmed-100214422023-03-17 Immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: A Survey in an endemic region of Iran and Afghan refugees Mahdifar, Maryam Akbari-Eidgahi, Mohammad Reza Mosavat, Arman Pourreza, Alireza Akbarin, Mohammad Mehdi Valizadeh, Narges Rezaee, Seyed Abdolrahim Rafatpanah, Houshang PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus associated with two life-threatening diseases; HAM/TSP and ATLL. Due to the slow-growing HTLV-1 infection worldwide, WHO urged for elimination. A large border with Afghanistan, northeast Iran is an endemic region for HTLV-1 infection. Historically, Afghanistan has common sociocultural similarities to Persian peoples. This study was conducted to evaluate HTLV-1 prevalence in Afghan refugees. Also, the HTLV-1 transmission rate and understanding of whether or not the Silk Road has been the route of HTLV-1 infection to Iran were investigated. This case-control study was conducted in a rural area of Fariman city, with Afghan residents who migrated around 165 years ago, from 1857, the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Anglo-Persian war, and a refugee camp in Torbat-e-Jam city. These populations in HTLV-1 endemic area were compared to a segregated population of Afghan refugees in Semnan, the centre of Iran. Blood samples of 983 volunteers were assessed with the ELISA method for the presence of HTLV-1 antibodies and then confirmed by PCR technique. All samples from Afghan refugee camps, Semnan and Torbat-e-Jam, were negative for HTLV-1 infection. However, the prevalence of HTLV-1 infection in Fariman, a rural population of Afghan origin, was approximately 2.73%. The results showed that HTLV-1 is not endemic in Afghanistan, a war-stricken region with refugees distributed worldwide. The land Silk Road has not been the route of HTLV-1 transmission to Northeastern Iran. Importantly, HTLV-1 endemicity might occur during a long time of living in an endemic area. Public Library of Science 2023-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10021442/ /pubmed/36962855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001484 Text en © 2023 Mahdifar et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mahdifar, Maryam
Akbari-Eidgahi, Mohammad Reza
Mosavat, Arman
Pourreza, Alireza
Akbarin, Mohammad Mehdi
Valizadeh, Narges
Rezaee, Seyed Abdolrahim
Rafatpanah, Houshang
Immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: A Survey in an endemic region of Iran and Afghan refugees
title Immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: A Survey in an endemic region of Iran and Afghan refugees
title_full Immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: A Survey in an endemic region of Iran and Afghan refugees
title_fullStr Immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: A Survey in an endemic region of Iran and Afghan refugees
title_full_unstemmed Immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: A Survey in an endemic region of Iran and Afghan refugees
title_short Immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: A Survey in an endemic region of Iran and Afghan refugees
title_sort immigrating and vicinity are not risk factors in the prevalence and transmission rate of human t-lymphotropic virus type 1: a survey in an endemic region of iran and afghan refugees
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001484
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