Low prevalence of HTLV-II in mayan indians in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Arch. med. res
; Arch. med. res;28(4): 555-8, dec. 1997. tab
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ABSTRACT
Infection with HTLV-II endemic in Ameridians, with prevalence ranging from 0.89 percent - 33 percent. To determine the prevalence of HTLV-II among indigenous Mayans in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, 440 indigenous Mayans were recruited, all native to and residents of one of six Mayan communities in the Yucatan Peninsula, (Xohuayan n=144, Yaxachen n=101, Kanxoc n=84, Xocen n=40, Nabalan N=46 and X'calot n=25) between May, 1992 and June, 1993. All of the above are pre-Hispanic settlements located in tropical forest with no immigrations for over 50 years. Of the 440 indigenous Mayans, only one woman from the X'calot tribe (0.23 percent) was shown to be infected with HTVL-II. A high precentage of indeterminate results was found (22/439, 5 percent), three of which were accounted for by the husband and two children of the positive female case. PCR analysis followed by specific restriction digestion demonstrated the virus to be of the HTVL-IIb subtype, similar to that described in the Guaymi Indians from Panama. The presence of HTVL-II in the Mayan ethnos, and in other Ameridian populatins supports the idea that HTVL-II is an ancestral virus in America and that it has been sustained in "closed" communities
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HTLV-II
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Indígenas Norte-Americanos
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Med Res
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Arch. med. res
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Archives of medical research
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México