Remote Aboriginal communities have the highest rate of rare leukaemia virus in the world

By Amalyah Hart
Updated December 31 2021 - 11:19am, first published 11:00am
A cultural ceremony dance in Arnhem land. Picture: Shutterstock.
A cultural ceremony dance in Arnhem land. Picture: Shutterstock.

A new study has found that remote central Australian Aboriginal communities have the highest prevalence of human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in the world.