HTLV-1 and HIV-2 infection are associated with increased mortality in a rural West African community.

HTLV-1 and HIV-2 infection are associated with increased mortality in a rural West African community.

BACKGROUND:Survival of people with HIV-2 and HTLV-1 infection is better than that of HIV-1 infected people, but long-term follow-up data are rare. We compared mortality rates of HIV-1, HIV-2, and HTLV-1 infected subjects with those of retrovirus-uninfected people in a rural community in Guinea-Bissa...

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Main Authors: Carla van Tienen, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Ingrid Peterson, Matthew Cotten, Sören Andersson, Birgitta Holmgren, Tim Vincent, Thushan de Silva, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Peter Aaby, Hilton Whittle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237577?pdf=render

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