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Shooting up: infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2006: An update: October 2007. [PDF]

, 2007
This report looks at the following key points: the prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis A, B & C, HTLV-II infection amongst injecting drug users (IDU's); vaccination and prison vaccine programmes; crack-cocaine users and infection; sharing and usage of injecting

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Evaluation of the immunochromatographic assay for HTLV-1/2 detection in Gabon: genotype-specific limitations in Central Africa

Microbiology Spectrum
The human T lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) are highly endemic in sub-Saharan Africa but are largely unreported. This is due to limited knowledge of HTLV-1/2 infections and a lack of suitable facilities for systematic screening.
Eldridge Fedricksen Oloumbou, Hanneke Fanhole Moussonda-Mouele, Abdoulaye Diané, Michel Charonne Mbezele-Ba-Nsegue-Abessolo, Ivan Mfouo-Tynga, Augustin Mouinga-Ondémé   +5 more
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Particularités épidémiologiques de l'infection rétrovirale à HTLV-1 en Afrique centrale [PDF]

, 1993
L'Afrique subsaharienne est le réservoir le plus important de virus HTLV-1, mais son épidémiologie reste très mal connue. Pour y remédier, les auteurs ont étudié - de 1987 à 1990 - la situation qui prévaut dans six états d'Afrique centrale. Les modalités
Delaporte, E., Gardon, Jacques, Hengy, C., Louis, F.J., Louis, J.P., Migliani, R., Rey, Jean-Loup, Trebucq, A.   +7 more
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Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus types I and II (HTLV-I/II) in French Guiana: clinical and molecular epidemiology

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
We review here the epidemiological studies performed by our group on human retrovirus HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections and the associated diseases in French Guiana since 1984.
Mirdad Kazanji, Antoine Gessain
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Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated factors in the inmate population of the Chachapoyas correctional center, Peru

Archives of Public Health
Background The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV, syphilis, viral hepatitis, and human T-lymphotropic virus types I and II (HTLV I-II) among inmates at the Chachapoyas Correctional ...
Victor Juan Vera-Ponce, Luis M. Rojas, Christian J. Campos, Roxana Cubas, Jhony A De LaCruz-Vargas, Stella M. Chenet, Rafael Tapia-Limonchi   +6 more
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Assessing risk behaviors and prevalence of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among female crack cocaine users in salvador - Bahia, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Crack cocaine use is associated with risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. We investigated sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and infection rates in female crack cocaine users from impoverished ...
Ceuci L.X. Nunes, Tarcisio Andrade, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Francisco I. Bastos, Arthur Reingold   +4 more
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Adult T-cell leukaemia and lymphoma: report of two cases and a brief review of the literature [PDF]

, 2002
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) can cause adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL). Two patients originating from the Caribbean area with ATLL are described.
Pegels, J.G., Zaanen, H.C. van
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Development and Evaluation of a Novel ELISA for Detection of Antibodies against HTLV-I Using Chimeric Peptides

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2018
We aimed to develope a peptide-based indirect ELISA to detect antibodies against Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I). Two chimeric peptides (CP-1 and CP-2) were designed using linear immunodominant epitopes of gp-46-I, and gp21-I proteins ...
Parvin Mosadeghi, Hafez Heydari-Zarnagh
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Prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections in blood donors from Piaui State, Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Background: Assessing the prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) in blood donors recruited at Hematology and Hemotherapy Center of Piauí Sate (HEMOPI) in 2021.
João Paulo da Silva-Sampaio, Raniela Borges Sinimbu, Abilio Francisco de Oliveira Neto, Marcela de Oliveira Vieira, Mônica de Avelar Figueiredo Mafra Magalhães, Jurema Corrêa da Mota, Francisco Inácio Bastos, Livia Melo Villar   +7 more
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Infectious Complications in Drug Addicts: Seven-Year Review of 269 Hospitalized Narcotics Abusers in Switzerland [PDF]

, 2017
In a retrospective survey of patients hospitalized in the Department of Medicine of the University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, from 1980 to 1986, we found 269 patients with history of past or current drug abuse.
Scheidegger, Claude, Zimmerli, Werner
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