Human T-cell lymphotropic virus types I and II infections in a cohort of patients with neurological disorders in Belém, Pará, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-17

  Macêdo, Olinda ^a   Ribeiro Lima, Telma V ^b   Linhares, Adriana De O ^b   De Moura, Antônio ^a   Gomes, Maria De Lourdes C ^a   Linhares, Alexandre C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HTLV I; HTLV II; Neurological disease

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; WALKING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 1542619564     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652004000100003     Document Type: Article

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