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Evidence of the Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV-I) Circulation in Santiago De Cuba Province (Cuba)

Author(s): Dayami Martin, Dervel F Diaz, Onelvis Isaac, Liuber Y Machado, Dania Romay and Hector M Diaz

Evidence of the Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV-I) Circulation in Santiago De Cuba Province (Cuba)

Human adult T-cell leukaemia and the HTLV-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis constitute the indicative main disease of the HTLV-I virus circulation in endemic areas. The objective of this work was to confirm the existence or not of the HTLVI infection in Santiago de Cuba Province where there have not been reported any HTLV seropositive persons up to the present. We studied 1548 sera s... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-853X.1000106

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