Epidemiological and molecular evidence of intrafamilial transmission through sexual and vertical routes in Bahia, the state with the highest prevalence of HTLV-1 in Brazil.

• Principais autores: Aidê Nunes da Silva (Autor), Thessika Hialla Almeida Araújo (Autor), Ney Boa-Sorte (Autor), Giovanne Farias (Autor), Ana Karina Galvão-Barroso (Autor), Antônio de Carvalho (Autor), Ana Carolina Vicente (Autor), Bernardo Galvão-Castro (Autor), Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Familial clustering of HTLV-1 and related diseases has been reported in Brazil. However, intrafamilial transmission of HTLV-1 based on molecular analysis has been studied only in a few communities of Japanese immigrants and African-Brazilians.<h4>Objective</...