[A virus called HTLV-1. Epidemiological aspects].

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[A virus called HTLV-1. Epidemiological aspects].

Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 23 Dec 2000

Gessain A, Mahieux R

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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION: HTLV-1 is not an ubiquitous virus. 15 to 25 million subjects are estimated to be infected. Endemic areas are recognized in southern Japan, tropical Africa, the Caribbean, some areas in Central and South America, and in few regions of the Middle East and Melanesia. In these endemic zones, 0.5 to 50% of the population, depending on age and gender, have specific antibodies...

Topics

Animals
Antibodies, Viral
DNA, Viral
Endemic Diseases
Genotype
HTLV-I Infections
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
Humans
Molecular Epidemiology
Monkey Diseases
Phylogeny
Population Surveillance
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Seroepidemiologic Studies

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PMID: 11196061

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