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Transmission of HTLV-1 and HIV among homosexual men in Trinidad
Bartholomew, Courtenay; Saxinger, Carl W; Clark, Jeffrey W; Gail, Mitchell; Dudgeon, Ann; Mahabir, Bisram; Hull-Drysdale, Barbara; Cleghorn, Farley; Gallo, Robert; Blattner, William.
Afiliação
  • Bartholomew, Courtenay; The University of the West Indies. General Hospital. Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago
  • Saxinger, Carl W; National Cancer Institute. Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology. Bethesda, MD. United States
  • Clark, Jeffrey W; National Cancer Institute. Division of Cancer Etiology. Bethesda, MD. United States
  • Gail, Mitchell; National Cancer Institute. Division of Cancer Etiology. Bethesda MD. United States
  • Dudgeon, Ann; National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD. United States
  • Mahabir, Bisram; Venerology Division. Caribbean Medical Centre. Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago
  • Hull-Drysdale, Barbara; Pan American Health Organization. Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago
  • Cleghorn, Farley; s.af
  • Gallo, Robert; National Cancer Institute. Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology. Bethesda, MD. United States
  • Blattner, William; National Cancer Institute. Division of Cancer Etiology. Bethesda MD. United States
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association ; 257(19): 2604-2608, May 1987. tab
Article em En | MedCarib | ID: med-17103
Biblioteca responsável: TT5
Localização: TT5; W1 J221
ABSTRACT
Risk for human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection was evaluated in 100 homosexual or bisexual men from Trinidad. High seropositivity for HTLV-I (15 percent vs 2.4 percent in the general population) was linked to duration of homosexuality and numbers of partners, suggesting that HTLV-I, like HIV, can be transmitted by homosexual sex. Forty percent of homosexuals compared with 0.19 percent of the general population were seropositive for HIV, and sexual contact with US homosexual men and prior history of gonorrhea were major risk factors. The seroprevalence of HIV was three times higher than that for HTLV-I, suggesting that HIV is more efficiently transmitted, especially since HIV appears to have been recently introduced into Trinidad. Altered immune status was prominent in individuals infected with HIV and coinfected with HIV AND HTLV-I. Whether HIV/HTLV-I coinfection amplifies clinical effects is a hypothesis that will require further evaluation (AU)
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Trinidad e Tobago / Infecções por HTLV-I / Soroprevalência de HIV / HIV / Região do Caribe / Homossexualidade Masculina Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago Idioma: En Revista: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Ano de publicação: 1987 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Trinidad e Tobago / Infecções por HTLV-I / Soroprevalência de HIV / HIV / Região do Caribe / Homossexualidade Masculina Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: Caribe ingles / Trinidad y tobago Idioma: En Revista: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Ano de publicação: 1987 Tipo de documento: Article