| human t cell lymphotropic virus type i infection among female sex workers in peru. | four hundred female sex workers attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in lima, peru, were interviewed for demographic information and medical, contraceptive, and sexual practice histories. cervical cultures were done for neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis, and serum was tested for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus, human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i), treponema pallidum, c. trachomatis, herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2), and haemophilus ducreyi. the ... | 1994 | 8133088 |
| strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection associated with human t cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection in peru. | a study was conducted in lima, peru to determine if patients with strongyloides hyperinfection had human t cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (htlv-i) infection. the study included patients with strongyloides hyperinfection and a control group consisted of sex- and age-matched asymptomatic healthy individuals whose stools were negative for strongyloides. a third group included patients with intestinal strongyloidiasis. sera from each study subject were tested for htlv-1/2i by an elisa and western bl ... | 1999 | 9988339 |
| sexual practices and prevalence of hiv, htlv-i/ii, and treponema pallidum among clandestine female sex workers in lima, peru. | a survey was conducted to determine the sexual behavior practices and prevalence of hiv-1, htlv-i/ii, and t. pallidum infections among unlicensed female sex workers (fsws) in lima, peru. | 1999 | 10029987 |
| high endemicity of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 among pregnant women in peru. | human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1(htlv-1) is associated with adult t-cell leukemia, tropical spastic paraparesis, and other immune-mediated diseases. there are reports of groups with high prevalences of htlv-1 infection in peru, but there is limited knowledge of the epidemiology of infection or which routes of infection are most important. we studied 2,492 women presenting to a large maternity hospital in lima for prenatal, delivery, or abortion services. htlv-1 seropositivity was confirmed ... | 2006 | 16773029 |
| human t-lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: viral load and muscle tone are correlated. | human t-lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) infections are associated with varying degrees of htlv-1 viral load and spasticity. increased viral load is associated with higher risk of developing htlv-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (ham/tsp). the authors performed a cross-sectional study of 24 people with ham/tsp in lima, perú, to determine if higher htlv-1 viral load was correlated with increased muscle tone, measured with a device providing quantitative spasticity assessment ... | 2006 | 17162662 |
| htlv-1 infection is associated with a history of active tuberculosis among family members of htlv-1-infected patients in peru. | the purpose of this study was to assess the association between human t-lymphotropic virus 1 (htlv-1) and a lifetime history of active tuberculosis (tb) among relatives of htlv-1-infected patients. we reviewed clinical charts of all relatives of htlv-1-infected index cases who attended our institute in lima from 1990-2004. the data of 1233 relatives was analysed; 394 (32.0%) were htlv-1 positive. eighty-one subjects (6.6%) had a history of active tb, including 45/394 (11.4%) htlv-1-positive and ... | 2008 | 17892632 |
| phylogeny of human t cell lymphotropic virus type 1 in peru: a high degree of evolutionary relatedness with south african isolates. | we investigated the prevalence and molecular epidemiology of human t cell lymphotropic virus type 1 in peruvian hiv-1-positive subjects, and found a 10.1% prevalence in a consecutive series of 318 hiv-1-positive patients living in lima. phylogenetic analysis of the long terminal repeat of 10 patient isolates showed that all of them belonged to the htlv-1aa (transcontinental) subgroup. although the majority of the peruvian sequences included in the analysis formed a clade with other latin america ... | 2007 | 17919111 |
| htlv-1 infection is frequent among out-patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in northern lima, peru. | tuberculosis (tb) and human t-lymphotropic virus 1 (htlv-1) are frequent in peru. the prevalence of htlv-1 among peruvian tb patients is unknown. | 2007 | 17945062 |