Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5590499 | Infection, Genetics and Evolution | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Our results support the hypothesis of a multiple introductions of HTLV-1 into Brazil, with the majority of introductions occurring in the post-Colombian period. Our results further suggest that HTLV-1 introduction into Brazil was facilitated by the trans-Atlantic slave trade from endemic areas of Africa. The close association between southern African and Brazilian sequences also suggested that greater numbers of the southern African Bantu population might also have been part of the slave trade than previously thought.
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Authors
Adjile Edjide Roukiyath Amoussa, Eduan Wilkinson, Marta Giovanetti, Filipe Ferreira de Almeida Rego, Thessika Hialla A Araujo, Marilda de Souza Gonçalves, Tulio de Oliveira, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,