TY - JOUR AU - Vallinoto, Antonio C. R. AU - Otake, Mateus I. AU - Sousa, Paulo V. N. R. AU - Lopes, Felipe T. AU - Sacuena, Eliene R. P. AU - Queiroz, Maria A. F. AU - Costa, Greice L. C. AU - Ishak, Marluísa O. G. AU - Cayres-Vallinoto, Izaura M. V. AU - Guerreiro, João F. AU - Ishak, Ricardo PY - 2019 DA - 2019/10/22 TI - Isolation of the Arawete and Asurini Indians keeps the tribes free from HTLV infection during 36 years of follow-up JO - Retrovirology SP - 27 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Arawete and Asurini Indian tribes were revisited after a 36-year follow-up in search of HTLV infections. 46 persons (23 from each tribe) were tested for HTLV-1/2 antibodies and viral DNA. None were positive; this was probably because of their social/cultural isolation from neighboring tribes where HTLV-2c is hyperendemic. SN - 1742-4690 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12977-019-0490-1 DO - 10.1186/s12977-019-0490-1 ID - Vallinoto2019 ER -