Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.

Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) are relatively common in Brazil but remain silent and neglected infections. HTLV-1 is associated with a range of diseases with high morbidity and mortality. There is no curative treatment for this lifelong infection, so measures to prevent transmi...

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Autores principales:	Carolina Rosadas, Maria Luiza B Menezes, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Tatiane Assone, Angélica E Miranda, Mayra G Aragón, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo, Graham P Taylor, Ricardo Ishak
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:874443be1335498ea2e1930d784dc9fc2021-12-02T20:24:03ZBlocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.1935-27271935-273510.1371/journal.pntd.0009717https://doaj.org/article/874443be1335498ea2e1930d784dc9fc2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009717https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) are relatively common in Brazil but remain silent and neglected infections. HTLV-1 is associated with a range of diseases with high morbidity and mortality. There is no curative treatment for this lifelong infection, so measures to prevent transmission are essential. This narrative review discusses HTLV-1/2 transmission routes and measures to prevent its continuous dissemination. The public health policies that are currently implemented in Brazil to avoid HTLV-1/2 transmission are addressed, and further strategies are proposed.Carolina RosadasMaria Luiza B MenezesBernardo Galvão-CastroTatiane AssoneAngélica E MirandaMayra G AragónAdele Caterino-de-AraujoGraham P TaylorRicardo IshakPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleArctic medicine. Tropical medicineRC955-962Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 9, p e0009717 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Carolina Rosadas Maria Luiza B Menezes Bernardo Galvão-Castro Tatiane Assone Angélica E Miranda Mayra G Aragón Adele Caterino-de-Araujo Graham P Taylor Ricardo Ishak Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.
description	Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) are relatively common in Brazil but remain silent and neglected infections. HTLV-1 is associated with a range of diseases with high morbidity and mortality. There is no curative treatment for this lifelong infection, so measures to prevent transmission are essential. This narrative review discusses HTLV-1/2 transmission routes and measures to prevent its continuous dissemination. The public health policies that are currently implemented in Brazil to avoid HTLV-1/2 transmission are addressed, and further strategies are proposed.
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author	Carolina Rosadas Maria Luiza B Menezes Bernardo Galvão-Castro Tatiane Assone Angélica E Miranda Mayra G Aragón Adele Caterino-de-Araujo Graham P Taylor Ricardo Ishak
author_facet	Carolina Rosadas Maria Luiza B Menezes Bernardo Galvão-Castro Tatiane Assone Angélica E Miranda Mayra G Aragón Adele Caterino-de-Araujo Graham P Taylor Ricardo Ishak
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title	Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.
title_short	Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.
title_full	Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.
title_fullStr	Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.
title_full_unstemmed	Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.
title_sort	blocking htlv-1/2 silent transmission in brazil: current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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url	https://doaj.org/article/874443be1335498ea2e1930d784dc9fc
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Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies.

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