title: [Epidemiology of HTLV-I infection in its hyperendemic foci (Japan, tropical Africa, Caribbean)].
abstract: HTLV-1 infection is endemic in Japan, black Africa, the Caribbean and several regions of South America. In these foci, the infections is very heterogeneously distributed (variations from village to village, intrafamilial clustering). The virus is transmitted from mother to child, and breast feedings seems to play a major role. Sexual transmission is usually from man to woman. The frequency of transmission by blood transfusion must not be underestimated. It justifies the systematic detection of HTLV-1 infection in areas where it is economically feasible.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U13, hôpital Claude-Bernard, Paris.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Larouze
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Monplaisir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trebucq
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Josse
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Le Hesran
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dazza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaudebout
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delaporte
mesh_terms: D000351:Africa, Eastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014900:West Indies / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Epidémiologie de l'infection par HTLV-I dans ses foyers d'hyperendémie (Japon, Afrique intertropicale, Caraïbes).