The fact that HTLV-1 infection was present in two out of three provinces suggests that HTLV-1 could be highly endemic in the southern Andes in the Quechua population.

There is an independent association between HTLV-1 infection and onychodystrophy. Patients with an HTLV-1 infection might have a higher risk for onychomycosis given the abnormal nail plate and a decreased T-cell-mediated immunologic response.

e5413th International Congress on Infectious Diseases Abstracts (Oral Presentations) the F genotype is significantly associated with protection to severe malaria (p = 0.045; OR = 0.909, 95% CI = 0.819-1.008). The results therefore suggest that whilst the mixed genotype CF EBA-175 is associated with malaria severity, the F genotype of EBA-175 is protective.