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HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Salvador (northeastern Brazil)
A Meireles1, E D Moreira Júnior, O A Moreno-Carvalho
1Santo Antonio Hospital, HSA.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
Recent studies of tropical spastic paraparesis have confirmed the existence of human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-I) in several tropical areas of the world. In order to determine the role of HTLV-I as an etiologic agent of myelopathies in Salvador, we conducted a clinical and serological study in 43 patients with non-traumatic and non-tumoral myelopathies. We found 9 patients with HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM) which points to a new endemic area of HAM.