Imperial College London
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Professor Graham P Taylor

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Professor of Human Retrovirology
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3910g.p.taylor Website

 
 
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Location

 

443Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Taylor:1996:10.1097/00042560-199600001-00003,
author = {Taylor, GP},
doi = {10.1097/00042560-199600001-00003},
journal = {J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol},
pages = {S8--14},
title = {The epidemiology of HTLV-I in Europe.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00042560-199600001-00003},
volume = {13 Suppl 1},
year = {1996}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Although human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection in Europe is thought to be unusual except amongst people who have immigrated from countries where HTLV-I is endemic, the screening of blood donors has revealed a low seroprevalence across Europe, not only in donors originating from endemic areas but also in the indigenous population. Data from blood donors should not be extrapolated to other groups because blood donors are selected to be at low risk of parenterally transmissible infections. Unfortunately only small studies have been conducted in other population groups, including women attending antenatal clinics, despite the importance of breast-feeding in vertical transmission. Data from metropolitan areas of the United Kingdom and France suggest that the seroprevalence of HTLV-I in pregnant women is up to 100 times higher than in blood donors. HTLV-I infection is also more common in patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics, whilst HTLV-II is endemic in many cities amongst intravenous drug users. There are few incidence data for diseases associated with HTLV-I, even though cases of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy have been described in many European countries. Data on the seroprevalence of HTLV-I in central and eastern Europe are scanty but the few published studies suggest a higher rate than has been documented in western Europe.
AU  - Taylor,GP
DO  - 10.1097/00042560-199600001-00003
EP  - 14
PY  - 1996///
SN  - 1077-9450
SP  - 8
TI  - The epidemiology of HTLV-I in Europe.
T2  - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00042560-199600001-00003
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8797697
VL  - 13 Suppl 1
ER  -
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