Prevalence study of neurologic manifestations in HTLV-I positive blood donors
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Prevalence study of neurologic manifestations in HTLV-I positive blood donors
The human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is the etiologic agent of tropical spastic paraparesis / HTLV-I associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM), adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) as well as of other immunomediated systemic diseases. Contrary to other pathogenic viruses to man HTLV-I apparently causes diseases in the minority of the infected population. The real prevalence of HTLV-I neurologi...
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OBJECTIVE(S) Infection with the human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type-I (HTLV-I) is endemic in Mashhad, Iran. In our research we evaluated the relation between exposure to this infection and the occurrence of dermatologic manifestations. MATERIALS AND METHODS 100 blood donors, who were seropositive but asymptomatic for infection with HTLV-I, were selected as case group. They were identified b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000100031