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Seroprevalence and molecular epidemiology of HTLV-1 isolates from HIV-1 co-infected women in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Dec 2010
de Almeida Rego Filipe Ferreira, Mota-Miranda Aline, de Souza Santos Edson, Galvão-Castro Bernardo, Alcantara Luiz Carlos
Abstract excerpt
HTLV-1/HIV-1 co-infection is associated with severe clinical manifestations, marked immunodeficiency, and opportunistic pathogenic infections, as well as risk behavior. Salvador, the capital of the State of Bahia, Brazil, has the highest HTLV-1 prevalence (1.74%) found in Brazil. Few studies exist which describe this co-infection found in Salvador and its surrounding areas, much less investigate how these viruses...
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