HTLV-1 is predominantly sexually transmitted in Salvador, the city with the highest HTLV-1 prevalence in Brazil.

HTLV-1 is predominantly sexually transmitted in Salvador, the city with the highest HTLV-1 prevalence in Brazil.

<h4>Background</h4>Salvador is the city with the highest number of HTLV-1 infected individuals in Brazil, yet the main route of HTLV-1 transmission is unknown.<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the association of syphilis infection as a proxy for sexual transmission of HTLV-1 i...

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Main Authors: David Nunes, Ney Boa-Sorte, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Graham P Taylor, Maria Gloria Teixeira, Mauricio L Barreto, Inês Dourado, Bernardo Galvão-Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0171303&type=printable
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