Decrease of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I prevalence and low incidence among pregnant women from a high endemic ethnic group in French Guiana

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 534-538

  Tortevoye, Patricia ^a   Tuppin, Philippe ^a,b   Peneau, Christian ^c   Carles, Gabriel ^c   Gessain, Antoine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Etablissement Francais des Greffe   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Andre Bouron   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

ADULT; AFRICA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033871527     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20000815)87:4<534::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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