Self-Flagellation as Possible Route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Transmission

We report human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection associated with self-flagellation in 10 UK residents. These persons were heterosexual men from Pakistan, India, and Iraq. One person showed seroconversion in adulthood; 1 was co-infected with hepatitis C virus. No other risk factors for bloo...

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Autores principales: Tang, Alice R., Taylor, Graham P., Dhasmana, Divya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30882326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.180984
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spelling pubmed-64330442019-04-03 Self-Flagellation as Possible Route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Transmission Tang, Alice R. Taylor, Graham P. Dhasmana, Divya Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection associated with self-flagellation in 10 UK residents. These persons were heterosexual men from Pakistan, India, and Iraq. One person showed seroconversion in adulthood; 1 was co-infected with hepatitis C virus. No other risk factors for bloodborne virus acquisition were identified. Onward sexual transmission has occurred. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6433044/ /pubmed/30882326 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.180984 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_fullStr Self-Flagellation as Possible Route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Transmission
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title_short Self-Flagellation as Possible Route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Transmission
title_sort self-flagellation as possible route of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 transmission
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6433044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30882326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.180984
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