High Prevalence of HTLV-1 Infection among Japanese Immigrants in Non-endemic Area of Brazil

BACKGROUND: Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has worldwide distribution and is considered endemic in many world regions, including southwestern Japan and Brazil. Japanese immigrants and their descendants have a high risk of acquiring this infection due to intense population exchange betwee...

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Autores principales: Bandeira, Larissa M., Uehara, Silvia N. O., Asato, Marcel A., Aguena, Gabriela S., Maedo, Cristiane M., Benites, Nikolas H., Puga, Marco A. M., Rezende, Grazielli R., Finotti, Carolina M., Cesar, Gabriela A., Tanaka, Tayana S. O., Castro, Vivianne O. L., Otsuki, Koko, Vicente, Ana C. P., Fernandes, Carlos E., Motta-Castro, Ana R. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4401538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003691

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4401538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003691

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