Ethnic composition, age and sex, together with location and standard of housing as determinants of HTLV-I infection in an urban Trinidadian community
Int J Cancer
; 38(6): 801-8, Dec. 1986.
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ABSTRACT
The presence of antibody to human T-cell leukaemia virus (HTLV-I) has been assessed in 2,143 men and women who represent 83 percent of all adults aged 35 to 69 years resident in a defined urban community in Trinidad. Individuals of African descent had a higher sero-positivity rate (7.0 percent) than those originating from India (1.4 percent), Europe (0 percent) or of mixed descent (2.7 percent). Women were infected more frequently than men, and the prevalence of infection increased with age in both sexes. Sero-positivity rates were significantly increased in adults who lived in housing of poor quality (p less than 0.001) or close to water courses (p less than 0.025). These data and others raise the possibility that one route of HTLV-I transmission may be via insect vectors under particular domestic circumstances.(AU)
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Infecções por Deltaretrovirus
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Habitação
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Cancer
Ano de publicação:
1996
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Article