title: [HTLV-I/II seroprevalence in Gay men and female sex workers on Margarita Island, Venezuela].
abstract: In attention to the important HIV-1 seroprevalence observed in Margarita Island, we carried out this study to establish HTLV-I/II seroprevalence into target groups for sexual transmission. Therefore the survey was done with 141 female sex workers and 40 Gay men between 1994 and 1997. We found HTLV-I infection in one man. This is the first known report to describe epidemiological features of HTLV-I/II infection in Margarita Island.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: de Batänjer
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: de Pérez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D015482:HTLV-II Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D011477:Sex Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies; D015482:HTLV-II Antibodies
vernacular_title: Seroprevalencia de HTLV-I/II en hombres gays y trabajadoras sexuales de la Isla de Margarita, Venezuela.