Table 1.

Prevalence of HTLV-1 infection in patients with M. tuberculosis.

Study	Sample size	Prevalence (%)	95% CI	Weight (%)
Seaton (17) (Papua New Guinea)	102	0.0	0–3.5	6.8
Broutet et al. (13) (Brazil)	451	0.4	0.1–1.6	6.4
Kozlowski et al. (18) (Brazil)	402	1.0	0.3–2.5	7.5
Kaplan et al. (19) (Senegal)	197	1.5	0.3–4.4	7.3
Berini et al. (20) (Argentina)	187	2.1	0.6–5.4	7.3
Verdier et al. (16) (Ivory Coast)	41	2.4	0.1–12.8	5.8
Marinho et al. (10) (Brazil)	375	4.3	2.5–6.8	7.5
Pedral-Sampaio et al. (21) (Brazil)	378	8.5	5.9–11.7	7.5
Bastos et al. (22) (Brazil)	360	10.8	7.8–14.5	7.5
Moreira et al. (12) (Brazil)	90	11.1	5.5–19.5	6.8
Norrgren et al. (14) (Guinea-Bissau)	280	11.4	7.9–15.7	7.4
Kohno et al. (9) (Japan)	105	16.2	9.7–24.6	6.9
Grassi et al. (23) (Brazil)	73	45.2	33.5–57.3	6.9
Total (random effects)	3,493	8.5	5–12.9	100.0