Tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy in Brazil

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  De Queiroz Campos Araújo, Abelardo ^a   De Andrada Serpa, Maria José ^b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; HTLV I; HTLV I associated myelopathy; Myelopathy; Tropical spastic paraparesis; TSP HAM

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE I; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; PIERINAE;

EID: 10144227046     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199600001-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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