Transmisión vertical de HTLV-1 en el Perú

Jorge Alarcón Villaverde; Franco Romaní Romaní; Silvia Montano Torres; Joseph R. Zunt

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2011.281.463

Authors

Jorge Alarcón Villaverde Departamento Académico de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú. Sección de Epidemiología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú. Médico, MPH, Doctor en medicina.
Franco Romaní Romaní Sección de Epidemiología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú. Médico Cirujano.
Silvia Montano Torres Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales de la Marina de los EEUU (NAMRU-6), Perú. Médico Neurólogo, MPH.
Joseph R. Zunt Departamentos de Medicina, Salud Global y Neurología. Escuela de Medicina. Universidad de Washington (Seattle). Médico Neurólogo, MPH.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2011.281.463

Keywords:

Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1 (HTLV-1), Vertical Transmission, Peru

Abstract

Human type 1 T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) infection has been described in many areas of the world, including Caribbean countries, Japan, Africa, Oceania and South America. In this review we define the endemicity of HTLV-1 in the country proposing four epidemiological criteria. Then we discuss the core subject of the review, which is the vertical transmission of HTLV-1. This mechanism is one of the main forms of transmission in our country. Within the development of this particular topic, we present an estimated rate of vertical transmission and the risk factors associated to vertical transmission based on an exhaustive review of the national and international literature. This review pretends to provide a first approach to the vertical transmission of HTLV-1, an aspect poorly studied in our country.