HTLV-1 Infection Still A Neglected Disease
HTLV-1 Infection Still A Neglected Disease
Vicente Soriano
UNIR Health Sciences School and Medical Center, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Madrid, Spain
*Correspondence: Vicente Soriano. Email: vicente.soriano@unir.net
Abstract
Infection with Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-1, the first discovered human retrovirus, affects 10-15 million people worldwide. Hot spots of endemic infection are recognized in Japan, Iran, the Caribbean basin, western and northern Latin America, West and South Africa, Central Australia, Romania, and Papua- New Guinea. To update information on the epidemiology and therapeutic management of HTLV-1 infection, nearly 100 international researchers met in Beirut, Lebanon, at the end of June 2018. Ali Bazarbachi was the chair.
