Isolation of the Arawete and Asurini Indians keeps the tribes free from HTLV infection during 36 years of follow-up

Arawete and Asurini Indian tribes were revisited after a 36-year follow-up in search of HTLV infections. 46 persons (23 from each tribe) were tested for HTLV-1/2 antibodies and viral DNA. None were positive; this was probably because of their social/cultural isolation from neighboring tribes where H...

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Autores principales: Vallinoto, Antonio C. R., Otake, Mateus I., Sousa, Paulo V. N. R., Lopes, Felipe T., Sacuena, Eliene R. P., Queiroz, Maria A. F., Costa, Greice L. C., Ishak, Marluísa O. G., Cayres-Vallinoto, Izaura M. V., Guerreiro, João F., Ishak, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6805405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31640723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12977-019-0490-1
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Sumario:Arawete and Asurini Indian tribes were revisited after a 36-year follow-up in search of HTLV infections. 46 persons (23 from each tribe) were tested for HTLV-1/2 antibodies and viral DNA. None were positive; this was probably because of their social/cultural isolation from neighboring tribes where HTLV-2c is hyperendemic.

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