Sexual transmission of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Arthur Paiva, Jorge Casseb
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014
• Subjects: Deltaretrovirus; Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1; Sexually transmitted diseases; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Circumcision
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2013; https://doaj.org/article/364eca0cb1f147b0b8622a871c1ecc8d

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is endemic in many parts of the world and is primarily transmitted through sexual intercourse or from mother to child. Sexual transmission occurs more efficiently from men to women than women to men and might be enhanced by sexually transmitted disease...