High prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus infection in indigenous women from the peruvian Amazon.

In an earlier study, we detected an association between human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) infection and cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) in indigenous Amazonian Peruvian women of the Shipibo-Konibo ethnic group. As both HTLV and HPV can be transmitted sexually, we now report a population-bas...

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Main Authors: Magaly M Blas, Isaac E Alva, Patricia J García, Cesar Cárcamo, Silvia M Montano, Nicanor Mori, Ricardo Muñante, Joseph R Zunt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3763997?pdf=render