Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) Infection in People Living With HIV/AIDS in the Pará State, Amazon Region of Brazil

Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) Infection in People Living With HIV/AIDS in the Pará State, Amazon Region of Brazil

The human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) is part of the group of retroviruses that share similar routes of transmission to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Coinfection of these viruses can affect the clinical course of both infections, and reports have shown a quicker progression to AIDS and the...

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Main Authors: Samira Peixoto Alencar, Marlinda de Carvalho Souza, Ricardo Roberto de Souza Fonseca, Cláudia Ribeiro Menezes, Vânia Nakauth Azevedo, Andre Luis Ribeiro Ribeiro, Sandra Souza Lima, Rogério Valois Laurentino, Maria dos Anjos de Abreu Pina Barbosa, Felipe Bonfim Freitas, Aldemir Branco Oliveira-Filho, Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
epidemiology
HIV
HTLV
coinfection
Amazon region
molecular epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.572381/full

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