Titre
HTLV-I infection in the South West Indian Ocean islands, particularly in La Réunion and the Seychelles
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Auteur(s)
Aubry, P.
Auteure/Auteur
Bovet, P.
Auteure/Auteur
Vitrac, D.
Auteure/Auteur
Schooneman, F.
Auteure/Auteur
Hollanda, J.
Auteure/Auteur
Malvy, D.
Auteure/Auteur
Gaüzère, B.A.
Auteure/Auteur
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ISSN
0037-9085
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2013
Volume
106
Numéro
4
Première page
248
Dernière page/numéro d’article
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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Date de création
2014-04-08T13:40:36.569Z
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2025-05-20T16:07:55Z