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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
HTLV-I infection in the South West Indian Ocean islands, particularly in la Réunion and the Seychelles
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique, Volume 106, No. 4, Year 2013
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Description
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. © 2013 Springer-Verlag France.
Authors & Co-Authors
Aubry, Pierre C.
France, Bordeaux
Université de Bordeaux
Bovet, Pascal
Seychelles, Mahe
Ministry of Health Seychelles
Switzerland, Lausanne
Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive Lausanne
Vitrac, Dominique
France, Saint-pierre
Chu de la Réunion
Schooneman, François
France, Saint-denis-la-plaine
Etablissement Français du Sang
Hollanda, Justina
Seychelles, Mahe
Ministry of Health Seychelles
Malvy, Denis Jean Marie
France, Bordeaux
Université de Bordeaux
Gaüzère, Bernard Alex
France, Bordeaux
Université de Bordeaux
France, Saint-denis
Centre Hospitalier Départemental Félix-guyon
Statistics
Citations: 7
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s13149-013-0314-9
ISSN:
00379085
Study Locations
Seychelles