Neuroimmunology of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the etiologic agent of both adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).
Satoshi Nozuma, Steven Jacobson
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Probable HTLV-I/II Tropical Spastic Paraparesis Patient from Ethiopia: A Case Report [PDF]
Ethiop J Health Sci, 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 +3 more
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HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis [PDF]
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015 Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a progressive disease of the CNS that causes weakness or paralysis of the legs, lower back pain and urinary symptoms. HAM/TSP was first described in Jamaica in the nineteenth century, but the aetiology of the condition, infection with the retrovirus ...
Bangham, CRM +3 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging for Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV1-) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis patients: a systematic review [PDF]
Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2015 Introduction: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis is a chronic progressive neurologic disease which might be associated by brain and spinal cord atrophy and lesions.
Fariba Zemorshidi +2 more
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INTERFERON BETA-1A TREATMENT IN HTLV-1-ASSOCIATED MYELOPATHY/TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS: A CASE REPORT [PDF]
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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Genome wide association study of HTLV-1–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in the Japanese population [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Significance Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) proviral load is associated with the risk of developing HTLV-1–associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and several small-scale candidate gene approaches have also identified ...
Marina Penova +24 more
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HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) versus adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) [PDF]
BMC Res Notes, 2021 Human T cell leukemia virus-1 (HTLV-1) infection may lead to one or both diseases including HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) or adult T cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL).
M. Zarei-Ghobadi +10 more
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Caracterização molecular do HTLV-1 em pacientes com paraparesia espástica tropical/mielopatia associada ao HTLV-1 em Belém, Pará Molecular characterization of HTLV-1 among patients with tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 associated myelopathy in Belém, Pará [PDF]
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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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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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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