Human parvovirus 4 prevalence among HTLV‐1/2 infected individuals in Brazil. Issue 4 (9th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Slavov, Svetoslav Nanev; Otaguiri, Katia Kaori; Smid, Jerusa; de Oliveira, Augusto Cesar Penalva; Casseb, Jorge; Martinez, Edson Zangiacomi; Covas, Dimas Tadeu; Eis‐Hübinger, Anna Maria; Kashima, Simone
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical virology. Volume 89:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 748
• Page End: 752
• Publication Date: 2016-09-09
• Subjects: PARV4 -- HTLV‐1/2 -- coinfections -- parenteral transmission -- HAM/TSP; Virology -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24673
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0146-6615

Abstract

Abstract : Human parvovirus 4 (PARV4), a Tetraparvovirus, has been largely found in HIV, HBV, or HCV infected individuals. However, there is no data for the PARV4 occurrence in Human T‐lymphotropic virus (HTLV‐1/2) infected individuals, despite similar transmission routes. Here, PARV4 viremia was evaluated in 130 HTLV infected patients under care of a Brazilian HTLV outpatient clinic. PARV4 viremia was detected in 6.2% of the HTLV‐1 infected patients. Most PARV4 positives showed no evidence for parenterally transmitted infections. It is suggested that in Brazil, transmission routes of PARV4 are more complex than in Europe and North America and resemble those in Africa. J. Med. Virol. 89:748–752, 2017 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.