Table 2.

Reduced therapeutic response to anti-schistosomal drugs in S. mansoni and HTLV-1 co-infected patients

S. mansoni infected groups	Numbers cured (%)
HTLV-1-noninfected	43/44 (98%)*
HTLV-1 coinfected	16/20 (80%)*

^*P < 0·05, Fisher's exact test.