HTLV-1 Proviral Load in Vaginal Fluid Correlates with Levels in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells.
Alisson de Aquino FirminoPaulo Roberto Tavares Gomes FilhoAdenilda Lima Lopes MartinsThessika Hialla AraújoLuana Leandro GoisEverton da Silva BatistaJean Paulo Lacerda AraújoBernardo Galvão-CastroMaria Fernanda Rios GrassiPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
HTLV-1 proviral load is detectable in vaginal fluid and correlates directly with proviral load in peripheral blood. This finding suggests that sexual transmission of HTLV-1 from females to males may occur, as well as vertical transmission, particularly in the context of vaginal delivery.
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