Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) proviral load in asymptomatic carriers, HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis, and other neurological abnormalities associated with HTLV-1 infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 689-692

  Silva, Marcus Tulius T ^a   Harab, Ramza Cabral ^a   Leite, Ana Cláudia ^a   Schor, Doris ^a   Araújo, Abelardo ^a   Andrada Serpa, Maria José ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS LOAD;

BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROVIRUSES; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33847020073     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510679     Document Type: Article

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