6 years ago
World experts call for Australia to act on devastating HTLV-1 virus
The obscure but devastating virus affecting thousands of people in central Australia is a “very significant problem”, according to international experts on HTLV-1. The UK’s leading human T-lymphotropic virus clinician said he was “shocked by the extraordinary rate” of infection among central Australian Aboriginal communities, and warned that governments and health professionals needed to mount a “strenuous effort” to tackle the problem.
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