Prevalence and Risk Factors for HTLV-1/2 Infection in Quilombo Remnant Communities Living in the Brazilian Amazon

• Main Authors: Wandrey Roberto dos Santos Brito (Author), Greice de Lemos Cardoso-Costa (Author), Lourival Marques Roland Junior (Author), Keise Adrielle Santos Pereira (Author), Felipe Teixeira Lopes (Author), Bernardo Cintra dos Santos (Author), Aline Cecy Rocha de Lima (Author), Isabella Nogueira Abreu (Author), Carlos Neandro Cordeiro Lima (Author), Sandra Souza Lima (Author), Izaura M. Vieira Cayres Vallinoto (Author), Eduardo José Melo dos Santos (Author), João Farias Guerreiro (Author), Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Human T-lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) are retroviruses that originated on the African continent and dispersed throughout other continents through human migratory flows. This study describes the prevalence of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infection in residents of 11 quilombo remnant communiti...