Lack of tax diversity for tropical spastic paraparesis/human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) associated myelopathy development in HTLV-I-infected subjects in São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-276

  Casseb, J ^a,b   Fukumori, L M I ^c   Vergara, M P P ^a   Sanabani, S ^b   Marchiori, P E ^b   Duarte, A J S ^b   De Oliveira, A C P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Fundação Hemocentro de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1; T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 associated myelopathy; Tax subtypes; Tropical spastic paraparesis human

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

EID: 33745636352     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000300008     Document Type: Article

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