Tag Archive for PRO> HTLV-1 Australia (02): Indigenous people, background

PRO> HTLV-1 Australia (02): Indigenous people, background

Other Human Disease -- AustraliaThe following background information on HTLV infection in Australia is abstracted from Gideon and the Gideon e-book series. [1,2]The 1st report of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma related to HTLV-1 infection in an Australian Aborigine was published in 1991. 3 such cases had been reported in non-Aboriginal Australians as of 1993. The 1st report of tropical spastic paraparesis related to HTLV-1 infection in an Australian Aborigine was published in 1993; and the 1st report Read more [...]