Familial transmission of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus: silent dissemination of an emerging but neglected infection.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Carlos Araujo da Costa (مؤلف), Karen Cristini Yumi Ogawa Furtado (مؤلف), Louise de Souza Canto Ferreira (مؤلف), Danilo de Souza Almeida (مؤلف), Alexandre da Costa Linhares (مؤلف), Ricardo Ishak (مؤلف), Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto (مؤلف), José Alexandre Rodrigues de Lemos (مؤلف), Luisa Caricio Martins (مؤلف), Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa (مؤلف), Rita Catarina Medeiros de Sousa (مؤلف), Maísa Silva de Sousa (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: HTLV-1 is a retrovirus that causes lymphoproliferative disorders and inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system in humans. The prevalence of this infection is high in parts of Brazil and there is a general lack of public health care programs. As a consequence, o...