title: HTLV-I infection in the South West Indian Ocean islands, particularly in La Réunion and the Seychelles.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre René Labusquière, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 33076, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aubry
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bovet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vitrac
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schooneman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hollanda
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malvy
authors.forename: B-A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Gaüzère
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007195:Indian Ocean Islands / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D017508:Reunion / Q000453:epidemiology; D012750:Seychelles / Q000453:epidemiology