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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Treviño, Ana
• García, Juan
• de Mendoza, Carmen
• Benito, Rafael
• Aguilera, Antonio
• Ortíz de Lejarazu, Raul
• Ramos, José M
• Trigo, Matilde
• Eirós, Jose M
• Rodríguez-Iglesias, Manuel
• Torres, Alvaro
• Calderón, Enrique
• Hernandez, Araceli
• Gomez, Cesar
• Marcaida, Goizane
• Soriano, Vincent

Titel

Prevalence of HTLV-1/2 infections in Spain: A cross-sectional hospital-based survey

Ist Teil von

• AIDS research and human retroviruses, 2010-08, Vol.26 (8), p.861

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The presence of antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types 1 and 2 was examined in 5742 sera belonging to consecutive adult outpatients attended during June 2008 at 13 different hospitals across Spain. Overall, 58.8% were female. Foreigners represented 8% of the study population. Seven individuals were seropositive for HTLV-2 (overall prevalence 0.12%). No cases of HTLV-1 infection were found. All HTLV-2(+) subjects were Spanish natives, of whom six were coinfected with HIV-1 and five with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Moreover, all but one of the HTLV-2(+) subjects had been intravenous drug users. In summary, this cross-sectional survey suggests that the rate of HTLV infection in Spain is low, and is mostly represented by HTLV-2. Infected individuals are generally Spanish natives with a prior history of intravenous drug use and are coinfected with HIV-1 and/or HCV.