TY - JOUR AU - Beltran, Brady E. AU - Castillo, Jorge PY - 2020/03/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Adult Lymphoma / Leukemia T: Prevalent entity in South America: Linfoma/Leucemia T del adulto: Entidad prevalente en Sudamérica JF - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana JA - Rev.Fac.Med.Hum VL - 20 IS - 2 SE - Editorial DO - 10.25176/RFMH.v20i2.2914 UR - http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/2914 SP - 1 AB - <p>Adult T - lymphoma / leukemia is an aggressive T lymphoproliferative entity associated retrovirus HTLV-1- T.<br>HTLV-1 infection is endemic in Japan, the Caribbean, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. In South America, we have Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Chile.<br>Peru is endemic for this virus. The prevalence of retroviruses in Europe and the USA. USA It is less than 1% but in Peru it is estimated that around 3% of the healthy adult population is a carrier of the retrovirus.<br>From Chile, there have been several ATLL reports since 1992 by Dra. Cabrera et al.</p> ER -