Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies

Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) are relatively common in Brazil but remain silent and neglected infections. HTLV-1 is associated with a range of diseases with high morbidity and mortality. There is no curative treatment for this lifelong infection, so measures to prevent transmi...

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Autores principales: Rosadas, Carolina, Menezes, Maria Luiza B., Galvão-Castro, Bernardo, Assone, Tatiane, Miranda, Angélica E., Aragón, Mayra G., Caterino-de-Araujo, Adele, Taylor, Graham P., Ishak, Ricardo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34555019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009717
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author Rosadas, Carolina
Menezes, Maria Luiza B.
Galvão-Castro, Bernardo
Assone, Tatiane
Miranda, Angélica E.
Aragón, Mayra G.
Caterino-de-Araujo, Adele
Taylor, Graham P.
Ishak, Ricardo
author_facet Rosadas, Carolina
Menezes, Maria Luiza B.
Galvão-Castro, Bernardo
Assone, Tatiane
Miranda, Angélica E.
Aragón, Mayra G.
Caterino-de-Araujo, Adele
Taylor, Graham P.
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description Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) are relatively common in Brazil but remain silent and neglected infections. HTLV-1 is associated with a range of diseases with high morbidity and mortality. There is no curative treatment for this lifelong infection, so measures to prevent transmission are essential. This narrative review discusses HTLV-1/2 transmission routes and measures to prevent its continuous dissemination. The public health policies that are currently implemented in Brazil to avoid HTLV-1/2 transmission are addressed, and further strategies are proposed.
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spelling pubmed-84600352021-09-24 Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies Rosadas, Carolina Menezes, Maria Luiza B. Galvão-Castro, Bernardo Assone, Tatiane Miranda, Angélica E. Aragón, Mayra G. Caterino-de-Araujo, Adele Taylor, Graham P. Ishak, Ricardo PLoS Negl Trop Dis Review Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) are relatively common in Brazil but remain silent and neglected infections. HTLV-1 is associated with a range of diseases with high morbidity and mortality. There is no curative treatment for this lifelong infection, so measures to prevent transmission are essential. This narrative review discusses HTLV-1/2 transmission routes and measures to prevent its continuous dissemination. The public health policies that are currently implemented in Brazil to avoid HTLV-1/2 transmission are addressed, and further strategies are proposed. Public Library of Science 2021-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8460035/ /pubmed/34555019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009717 Text en © 2021 Rosadas 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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Rosadas, Carolina
Menezes, Maria Luiza B.
Galvão-Castro, Bernardo
Assone, Tatiane
Miranda, Angélica E.
Aragón, Mayra G.
Caterino-de-Araujo, Adele
Taylor, Graham P.
Ishak, Ricardo
Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies
title Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies
title_full Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies
title_fullStr Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies
title_full_unstemmed Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies
title_short Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies
title_sort blocking htlv-1/2 silent transmission in brazil: current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34555019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009717
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