Intrafamilial clustering and 4-year follow-up of asymptomatic human T-cell leukaemia virus type I (HTLV-I) infection in Benin (West Africa)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 146-152

  Houinato, D ^a,e   Verdier, M ^b   Preux, P M ^a,f   Josse, R ^d   Letenneur, L ^c   Ayed, Z ^a   Avode G ^e   Massit, B ^d   Boutros Toni, F ^a,f   Denis, F ^b   Zohoun, T ^e   Salamon, R ^c   Dumas, M ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Benin)

^e School of Medicine   (Benin)

^f School of Medicine   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Benin; Cohort study; HTLV I; Intrafamilial clustering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIN; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PEDIGREE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 14444275054     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.1.146     Document Type: Article

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