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HTLV-1 antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid in tropical spastic paraparesis in Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1990
HTLV-l antibodies were investigated in serum and in CSF of 150 patients with neurologic disorders mainly myelopathies. The patients were considered into three groups according to the possible relationship of their disease to the presence of HTLV-l ...
A. Spina-França, J. A. Livramento, L. R. Machado, H. R. Gomes, L. S. Vianna, L. H. M. Castro, J. P. S. Nobrega, L. A. Baciheschi   +7 more
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Balancing the robustness and predictive performance of biomarkers. [PDF]

, 2013
Recent studies have highlighted the importance of assessing the robustness of putative biomarkers identified from experimental data. This has given rise to the concept of stable biomarkers, which are ones that are consistently identified regardless of ...
Bangham, Charles RM, Kirk, Paul, Lewin, Alexandra M, Richardson, Sylvia, Stumpf, Michael PH, Witkover, Aviva   +5 more
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Stability and Perpetuation of Human T‐Lymphotropic Virus 1 (HTLV‐1) in Intrafamilial Transmissions of Infection in an Endemic Region of the Brazilian Amazon: A Pilot Study

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Introduction Human T‐lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV‐1) is related to several clinical diseases, including adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV‐1‐associated myelopathy. Intrafamilial transmission of HTLV‐1 is rarely reported in Brazil and worldwide. Objective To identify HTLV‐1 family transmissions in Belem, Para, the Amazon region of Brazil.
Cássia Cristine Costa Pereira, Milena Cristina Martins da Silva, Samir Mansour Moraes Casseb, Maria de Nazaré Lima dos Reis, Louise de Souza Canto Covre, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa, Leonardo Miranda dos Santos, Carlos Araújo da Costa, Maisa Silva de Sousa, Rajib Chowdhury   +9 more
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Human T-lymphotropic virus and transfusion safety. Does one size fit all? [PDF]

, 2015
Human T-cell leukemia viruses (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) are associated with a variety of human diseases, including some severe ones. Transfusion transmission of HTLV through cellular blood components is undeniable.
Catalano, Liviana, Facco, Giuseppina, Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo Maria, Marano, Giuseppe, Piccinini, Vanessa, Pupella, Simonetta, VAGLIO, Stefania   +7 more
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Evidence of preferential female prevalence of HTLV-I associated tropical spastic paraparesis in Bahia-Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1992
In order to evaluate the prevalence of HTLV-I infection and its association with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) in Bahia, a Northeastern State of Brazil, CSF and sera from TSP patients and CSF and/or sera from some selected groups of individuals were
O. A. Moreno-Carvalho, J. I. Santos, G. Di Credico, B. Galvão-Castro   +3 more
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Strengthening awareness and response to HTLV‐1 infection in Africa: A neglected threat to blood safety and public health

HemaSphere, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2025.
Jean‐Claude Twizere, Carolina Rosadas, Maureen Kidiga, Fatumata Djalo, Edward L. Murphy, Augustin Mouinga‐Ondeme, Marion Vermeulen, Louine Morrell, Saliou Diop, Sibusiso Maseko, Peregrine Sebulime, Andrews Akwasi Agbleke, Boineelo Fundisi, Espérance Umumararungu, Patricia Watber, Carol Hlela, Egídio Nhavene, Thato Chidarikire, Olivier Hermine, Antoine Gessain   +19 more
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HTLV-I Associated uveitis, myelopathy, rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome Uveite, mielopatia, artrite reumatóide e sindrome de Sjogren associadas ao HTLV-I

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1995
A 62 year-old white female presented with a 10-year-history of slowly progressive spastic paraparesis, pain and dysesthesia in the lower limbs and sphincter disturbance.
Sônia Regina A. A. Pinheiro, Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto, Anna B. Carneiro Proietti, Fernando Oréfice, Maria V. Lima-Martins, Fernando A. Proietti   +5 more
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Genotype-phenotype correlation in adult-onset acid maltase deficiency [PDF]

, 1995
We performed a clinical, biochemical, and genetic study in 16 patients from 11 families with adult‐onset acid maltase deficiency. All patients were compound heterozygotes and carried the IVS1(– 13T→G) transversion on one allele; the second allele ...
Amstel, H.K.P. van, Ausems, M.G.E.M. (Margreet), Boer, M.A. (Marijke), Boogaard, M.H. (Marie-José Henriëtte) van den, Diggelen, O.P. (Otto) van, Ippel, E.F., Jennekens, F.G.I. (Frans G.), Kroos, M.A. (Marian), Reuser, A.J.J. (Arnold), Wokke, J.H.J. (John)   +9 more
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HTLV-I Associated myelopathy in porto alegre (southern Brazil) Mielopatia associada ao HTLV-I em Porto Alegre (Sul do Brasil)

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1995
HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP/HAM) have been increasingly described in practically all regions of Brazil. Five confirmed and documented cases of patients with TSP/HAM in Rio Grande do Sul are reported; in all of them ...
Márcio Menna-Barreto, Alexandre Doval, Giorgio Rabolin, Otomar Bianchini   +3 more
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“HTLV-I Infection” Twenty-Year Research in Neurology Department of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2013
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types 1 and 2 belong to the Oncorna group of retroviridae, a large family of viruses, grouped initially by pathogenic features, but later revised on the basis of genome structure and nucleotide sequence.
Ali Shoeibi, Mohammdmahdi Etemadi, Amir Moghaddam Ahmadi, Mona Amini, Reza Boostani   +4 more
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