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HTLV-1 is predominantly sexually transmitted in Salvador, the city with the highest HTLV-1 prevalence in Brazil
BACKGROUND: Salvador is the city with the highest number of HTLV-1 infected individuals in Brazil, yet the main route of HTLV-1 transmission is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of syphilis infection as a proxy for sexual transmission of HTLV-1 infection in the general population of...
Autores principales: | Nunes, David, Boa-Sorte, Ney, Grassi, Maria Fernanda Rios, Taylor, Graham P., Teixeira, Maria Gloria, Barreto, Mauricio L., Dourado, Inês, Galvão-Castro, Bernardo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28158226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171303 |
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