PMID: 9180608May 1, 1997Paper

Prevalence of human retroviral infection in Quillabamba and Cuzco, Peru: a new endemic area for human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
S ZuritaEduardo Gotuzzo

Abstract

An epidemiologic study was conducted to determine the prevalence of retroviral infections among people of Qucchua origin in Cuzco and Quillabamba, Peru. The study volunteers included individuals at low and at high risk for retroviral infections. Each volunteer was interviewed to obtain clinical and epidemiologic data, and to identify risk behaviors for infection. The serum was tested for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T cell lymphotropic virus types 1/2 (HTLV-1/2) by standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent and Western blot assays. Among a total of 370 volunteers enrolled in the study, 276 were women and 94 were men whose ages ranged between 15 and 49 years. Infection with HTLV-1 was demonstrated in 5.1% (19 of 370), and one of these, a homosexual, was also positive for HIV-1; none had HTLV-2. Overall, the rate of HTLV-1 infection was 5.3% (5 of 94) for males and 5% (14 of 276) for females. Among the low risk group of 211 healthy pregnant women, five (2.3%) were positive for HTLV-1. The rate of HTLV-1 infection in this group was significantly correlated with a history of dental surgery, as well as other surgical procedures, and a history of jaundice. Among the volunteers who practiced risk behavior(s) for ret...Continue Reading

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Aug 30, 2003·Journal of Travel Medicine·Miguel M CabadaEduardo Gotuzzo
Feb 21, 2009·Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo·Nadia Carmela Santos QuispeAdele Caterino-de-Araujo
Jun 15, 2006·Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes : JAIDS·Jorge O AlarcónGerald V Quinnan
May 12, 2006·Journal of Medical Microbiology·Henry B ArmahYao Tettey
Sep 12, 2012·The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·Isaac E AlvaSilvia M Montano
Jun 12, 2019·Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH·Emiliana Eusebio-PonceEduardo Anguita
Oct 9, 2004·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·E GotuzzoC De las Casas

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