HTLV-I infection in the South West Indian Ocean islands, particularly in La Réunion and the Seychelles
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ID Serval
serval:BIB_55FF5ACF63AD
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
HTLV-I infection in the South West Indian Ocean islands, particularly in La Réunion and the Seychelles
Périodique
Bulletin De La Société De Pathologie Exotique (1990)
ISSN
0037-9085 (Print)
ISSN-L
0037-9085
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2013
Volume
106
Numéro
4
Pages
248-253
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Data on HTLV-I are scarce in several Southwest Indian Ocean islands except for La Réunion and The Seychelles. The two cases of HTLV-I have been confirmed by Western-Blot in La Réunion, among blood donors. In Seychelles (87 400 inhabitants in 2012), where blood donors and some other cases are screened, HTLV-I was confirmed with a line immune assay in 43 persons and at least 10-20 patients are known to have tropical spastic paraparesia or adult T-cell lymphoma associated with HTLV-I. In the south-west Indian Ocean, a possibly important other issue may be co-infection of HTLV-1 with the Strongyloides stercoralis roundworm, which is endemic in all countries of the region and which can sometimes lead to severe symptomatic infestation.
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