High prevalence of HTLV-1 infection among Japanese immigrants in non-endemic area of Brazil.

• Main Authors: Larissa M Bandeira (Author), Silvia N O Uehara (Author), Marcel A Asato (Author), Gabriela S Aguena (Author), Cristiane M Maedo (Author), Nikolas H Benites (Author), Marco A M Puga (Author), Grazielli R Rezende (Author), Carolina M Finotti (Author), Gabriela A Cesar (Author), Tayana S O Tanaka (Author), Vivianne O L Castro (Author), Koko Otsuki (Author), Ana C P Vicente (Author), Carlos E Fernandes (Author), Ana R C Motta-Castro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has worldwide distribution and is considered endemic in many world regions, including southwestern Japan and Brazil. Japanese immigrants and their descendants have a high risk of acquiring this infection due to intense population exchange between...