Ethnic/geographic analysis of Human T Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection among Buenos Aires residents in Argentina

EIRIN MARÍA; BRAVI CLAUDIO M; LEANDRO JONES; CAROLINA BERINI; CECILIA DELFINO; MIRNA BIGLIONE

Leuven & Gembloux

Conferencia; 15th International Conference on Human Retrovirology and Related Viruses; 2011

HTLV-1 is endemic in the Northwest among Kolla natives while Buenos Aires city (BA) is considered as non-endemic. In the last decades, migrations to BA have changed from Europeans to Latin-Americans from countries with endemic focus for HTLV-1 infection (Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil, and Chile) and also from different African countries.