Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 infection in an Indigenous Australian population: epidemiological insights from a hospital-based cohort study

Einsiedel, Lloyd; Woodman, Richard; Flynn, Maria; Wilson, Kim; Cassar, Olivier; Gessain, Antoine

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3366-5

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Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 infection in an Indigenous Australian population: epidemiological insights from a hospital-based cohort study

Published in BMC Public Health • Aug 15, 2016

Authors:

Lloyd Einsiedel

Richard Woodman

Maria Flynn

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Human T Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) subtype C is endemic to central Australia where each of the major sequelae of HTLV-1 infection has been documented in the socially disadvantaged Indigenous population. Nevertheless, available epidemiological information relating to HTLV-1c i...

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Medicine

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Epidemiology

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