Revisiting human T-cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 infections among rural population in Gabon, central Africa thirty years after the first analysis.

• Main Authors: Melanie Caron (Author), Guillaume Besson (Author), Cindy Padilla (Author), Maria Makuwa (Author), Dieudonne Nkoghe (Author), Eric Leroy (Author), Mirdad Kazanji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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HTLV-1 infection is considered as highly endemic in central Africa. Thirty years ago, a first epidemiological study was performed in Gabon, central Africa, and revealed that the prevalence varied from 5.0 to 10.5%. To evaluate current distribution of HTLVs in Gabon, 4.381 samples were collected from...