High prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus 2 (HTLV-2) infection in villages of the Xikrin tribe (Kayapo), Brazilian Amazon region.
Isabel Luís Jocene BraçoKeyla Santos Guedes de SáMishelle WaqasiMaria Alice Freitas QueirozAndréa Nazaré Rangel da SilvaIzaura M V Cayres-VallinotoSandra Souza LimaMarluísa de Oliveira Guimarães IshakRicardo IshakJoão Farias GuerreiroAntonio Carlos Rosário VallinotoPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
The results of the present study establish the presence of HTLV-2 infection in three new villages of the Xikrin tribe and confirm the high endemicity of the infection in the Kayapo indigenous group of the Brazilian Amazon.
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