Low prevalence of HTLV1/2 infection in a population of immigrants living in southern Italy.

• Main Authors: Loredana Alessio (Author), Carmine Minichini (Author), Mario Starace (Author), Laura Occhiello (Author), Mara Caroprese (Author), Giovanni Di Caprio (Author), Caterina Sagnelli (Author), Luciano Gualdieri (Author), Mariantonietta Pisaturo (Author), Lorenzo Onorato (Author), Gaetano Scotto (Author), Margherita Macera (Author), Stefania De Pascalis (Author), Evangelista Sagnelli (Author), Nicola Coppola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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To assess the prevalence of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infections in a cohort of immigrants living in southern Italy.We screened for antibody to HTLV-1/2 infection 1,498 consecutive immigrants born in endemic areas (sub-Saharan Africa or southern-Asia) by a commercial chemiluminescent microparticle immunoass...