Publications
| association between human papillomavirus and human t-lymphotropic virus in indigenous women from the peruvian amazon. | no association between the human t-cell lymphotropic virus (htlv), an oncogenic virus that alters host immunity, and the human papillomavirus (hpv) has previously been reported. examining the association between these two viruses may permit the identification of a population at increased risk for developing cervical cancer. | 2012 | 22952937 |
| high prevalence of human t-lymphotropic virus infection in indigenous women from the peruvian amazon. | in an earlier study, we detected an association between human t-cell lymphotropic virus (htlv) infection and cervical human papillomavirus (hpv) in indigenous amazonian peruvian women of the shipibo-konibo ethnic group. as both htlv and hpv can be transmitted sexually, we now report a population-based study examining the prevalence and risk factors for htlv-1 and htlv-2 infection in this population. | 2013 | 24040133 |