Effective implementation of the national Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) programs require monitoring the HIV epidemic trends to identify programmatic successes, challenges, and needed improvements. HIV prevalence estimates, defined as the percentage of a population affected by HIV, are calculated by t...
Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) is the etiological agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). It has been estimated that 10–20 million people are infected worldwide, but no successful treatment is available. Recently, th...
