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HTLV-1 infection is associated with a history of active tuberculosis among family members of HTLV-1-infected patients in Peru
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The purpose of this study was to assess the association between human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) and a lifetime history of active tuberculosis (TB) among relatives of HTLV-1-infected patients. We reviewed clinical charts of all relatives of HTLV-1-infected index cases who attended our institute in Lima from 19902004. The data of 1233 relatives was analysed; 394 (32·0%) were HTLV-1 positive. Eighty-one subjects (6·6%) had a history of active TB, including 45/394 (11·4%) HTLV-1-positive and 36/839 (4·3%) HTLV-1-negative relatives (P<0·001). On multivariate analysis, three factors were associated with TB history: HTLV-1 infection (adjusted OR 2·5, 95% CI 1·63·9), age (adjusted OR 1·3, 95% CI 1·11·5 per 10-year age increase) and relation to the index case (adjusted OR 2·6, 95% CI 1·35·1, for siblings vs. spouses of index cases). In conclusion, HTLV-1 infection may increase the susceptibility to active TB. In populations where both infections are frequent, such an association could affect the dynamics of TB.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Epidemiology and infection. - London, 1987, currens
Publication
London : 2008
ISSN
0950-2688 [print]
1469-4409 [online]
DOI
10.1017/S0950268807009521
Volume/pages
136 :8 (2008) , p. 1076-1083
ISI
000259748200008
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