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Syringohydromyelia or HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a diagnostic challenge (case report) [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1999 Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is the most common chronic myelopathy in Brazil.
ABELARDO DE QUEIROZ-CAMPOS ARAÚJO +4 more
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A Fashi Lymphoproliferative Phenotype Reveals Non-Apoptotic Fas Signaling in HTLV-1-Associated Neuroinflammation [PDF]
, 2017 Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-1 was the first human retrovirus to be associated to cancer, namely adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), but its pathogenesis remains enigmatic, since only a minority of infected individuals develops either ATL or the ...
Anne Mieke Vandamme +18 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2006 O presente estudo avaliou a ocorrência da infecção pelo HTLV-1 e seus subtipos em amostras de sangue de pacientes com diagnóstico clínico de paraparesia espástica tropical/mielopatia associada ao Htlv-1.
Lucinda A. Souza +7 more
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HTLV-1 and HIV-1 co-infection: A case report and review of the literature
IDCases, 2016 HTLV type 1 and 2 are both involved in actively spreading epidemics, affecting over 15 million people worldwide. HTLV-1 has been described as the more clinically significant one, being associated with diseases such as adult T-cell leukemia and tropical ...
Carmen Isache +3 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2014 Here a young patient (< 21 years of age) with a history of infective dermatitis is described. The patient was diagnosed with myelopathy associated with HTLV-1/tropical spastic paraparesis and treated with interferon beta-1a.
Graça Maria de Castro Viana +5 more
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Probable HTLV-I/II Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Patient from Ethiopia: A Case Report [PDF]
, 2022 BACKGROUND: Available data on the burden of Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I/II infection for eastern Africa, limited to Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Rwanda, show prevalence lower than elsewhere in Africa (0% - 1.8%).
Dereje Melka, Mehila Zebenigus
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2001 We reviewed the historical, clinical and etiological aspects of the progressive chronic spastic myelopathies of unknown etiology, disserting on the clinical similarities between HTLV-I seropositive and seronegative tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP), as ...
Carlos Mauricio De Castro-Costa +2 more
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Prevalence and risk factors for Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) among maintenance hemodialysis patients [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Infection with the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), although asymptomatic in most cases, can lead to potentially grave consequences, such as adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy / tropical spastic ...
Angiolina Kraychete +7 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012 The retrovirus human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) promotes spastic paraparesis, adult T cell leukaemia and other diseases. Recently, some human microRNAs (miRNAs) have been described as important factors in host-virus interactions.
Larissa Deadame de Figueiredo Nicolete +8 more
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Sexual transmission of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 [PDF]
, 2014 Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is endemic in many parts of the world and is primarily transmitted through sexual intercourse or from mother to child.
Casseb, Jorge Simão do Rosário +1 more
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