Samaneh Abolbashari
a. Department of Modern Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran b. Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
[ 1 ] - P178: Can Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Proviral Load Predict the Severity of Clinical Features in HAM/TSP Patients?
HTLV-1 is the causative agent for a neurologic disease named HTLV-I- associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Paraparesis of the lower limbs which appears gradually is the most common clinical feature of this disease. The indirect involvement of the nervous system by lymphocytes is more probable than the direct attack of the virus to the neurons. The proviral load (PVL) is ...
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