Open AccessPrevalences of HTLV-1 Infection and Associated Risk Determinants in an Urban Population in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Author(s) -
Olav Larsen,
Sören Andersson,
da Silva Z,
Kathryn Hedegaard,
Anita Sandström,
Anders Nauclér,
Francisco Dias,
Mads Melbye,
Péter Aaby
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/00042560-200010010-00010
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , cost effectiveness , cost–benefit analysis , population , intervention (counseling) , cost effectiveness analysis , quality adjusted life year , men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , environmental health , immunology , psychiatry , biology , syphilis , sociology , ecology , risk analysis (engineering)
To assess the prevalence and modes of transmission of HTLV-1 infection in an adult population in Bissau, and to evaluate possible interactions between the pattern of spread of HTLV-1 and HIV-1/HIV-2.