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HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 Infection Among Warao Indigenous Refugees in the Brazilian Amazon: Challenges for Public Health in Times of Increasing Migration

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2022

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Isabella Nogueira Abreu, Felipe Teixeira Lopes, Carlos Neandro Cordeiro Lima, Alexandre do Nascimento Barbosa, Lehi Rodrigues de Oliveira, Mayumi Aragão Fujishima, Felipe Bonfim Freitas, Mike Barbosa dos Santos, Vitor Nina de Lima, Izaura Maria Vieira Cayres Vallinoto,
Frontiers in Public Health

Abstract

These results reveal a high prevalence of HTLV-1/2 infection among Warao immigrants, suggesting migratory flow as a virus spread mechanism among human populations and alert public authorities to the need to create epidemiological surveillance programs, public social and health policies aimed at welcoming immigrants in the Brazilian territory.

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