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Volume 25, Number 4?April 2019
Dispatch
Self-Flagellation as Possible Route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Transmission
Alice R. Tang, Graham P. Taylor, and Divya DhasmanaComments to Author
Author affiliations: Imperial College London, London, UK (A.R. Tang, G.P. Taylor); St. Mary?s Hospital, London (G.P. Taylor, D. Dhasmana)
Abstract
We report human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection associated with self-flagellation in 10 UK residents. These persons were heterosexual men from Pakistan, India, and Iraq. One person showed seroconversion in adulthood; 1 was co-infected with hepatitis C virus. No other risk factors for bloodborne virus acquisition were identified. Onward sexual transmission has occurred.
Volume 25, Number 4?April 2019
Dispatch
Self-Flagellation as Possible Route of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Transmission
Alice R. Tang, Graham P. Taylor, and Divya DhasmanaComments to Author
Author affiliations: Imperial College London, London, UK (A.R. Tang, G.P. Taylor); St. Mary?s Hospital, London (G.P. Taylor, D. Dhasmana)
Abstract
We report human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection associated with self-flagellation in 10 UK residents. These persons were heterosexual men from Pakistan, India, and Iraq. One person showed seroconversion in adulthood; 1 was co-infected with hepatitis C virus. No other risk factors for bloodborne virus acquisition were identified. Onward sexual transmission has occurred.