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17132683

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is a retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia, and the distribution of HTLV-I carriers is endemically biased, e.g. in Japan the density of carriers is high in Kyushu and Okinawa. In order to consider population dynamics over long times taking account of an increase and a decrease of a population we propose a continuous-time HTLV-I model. The model describes population dynamics of carrier numbers and that of carrier proportions, and theoretical results about an increase and a decrease of carriers are obtained. The present approach derives an explanation of the biased distribution of carriers in Japan.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1477-8599
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
149-67
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Why is the distribution of HTLV-I carriers geographically biased? An answer through a mathematical epidemic model.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Oita Medical University, Oita 879-5593, Japan. eshima@med.oita-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article