Table 1 Prevalence rates of HTLV-1/2 infection in population groups of the Amazon region of Brazil

Rondonia

Blood donors

–

0.3^a

–

–

–

[100]

Acre

Blood donors

11,121

0.09

9

3

–

[99]

Blood donors

–

0.5^a

–

–

5

[100]

Blood donors

219

0.46

1

0

–

[101]

Cruzeiro do Sul

136

0.73

1

0

–

[111]

Amazonas

Blood donors

1200

0.08

1

–

–

[98]

Blood donors

–

0.53^a

–

–

–

[100]

Blood donors

6865

0.14

–

–

–

[112]

Pregnant women

674

0

–

–

–

[105]

Skin diseases

1091

0

–

–

–

[112]

Blood donors

87,402

0.03

16

5

3

[113]

Amapa

Blood donors

–

0.71^a

–

–

–

[100]

Afrodescendants

186

0

–

–

–

[114]

HIV-1

52

0

–

–

–

[118]

HIV-1

140

0

–

–

–

[114]

Lacen

30

16,6

5

–

–

[114]

Maranhao

Blood donors

–

0.1^a

–

–

–

[100]

Pregnant women

2044

0.34

4

3

–

[104]

Pregnant women

324

0.7

5

[115]

Blood donors

365,564 

0.15^a

–

–

72^a

[102]

Para

Indians

137

31.4^a

43

–

–

[84]

Indians

209

10.5

22

–

–

[85]

Blood donors

–

0.9^a

–

–

–

[100]

Indians

314

7.6

1

18

5

[63]

Indians

1324

0–40

5

104

–

[6]

Indians

177

5.1

–

9

–

[51]

Indians

263

0.29

–

77

–

[56]

Pregnant women

13,382

0.3

39

1

–

[103]

Pregnant women

324

0.61

2

0

–

[106]

Tucurui

657

4.7^a

–

–

–

[116]

Belem

1059

2

15

5

–

[117]

HIV-1

149

8.0

4

7

1

[50]

HIV-1

117

5.1

2

4

–

[118]

Japaneses

44

0

–

–

–

[85]

Japanese

168

1.78

3

–

–

[88]

Afrodescendants (Marajo Island)

259

1.5

3

1

–

[87]

Marajo Island

1899

0.10

2

–

–

[94]

Drug users

826

5.32

25

19

–

[55]