A Possible Case of Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis in an Argentinian Woman with Human T Lymphocyte Virus Type II

A case of neurological disease featuring human T lymphocyte virus-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) was diagnosed by serological (Western blot) and molecular (polymerase chain reaction) criteria as related to human T lymphocyte virus (HTLV)-II infection. This is, to our kn...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2003-08, Vol.37 (3), p.456-458
Hauptverfasser:	Biglione, Mirna M., Pizarro, Manuel, Salomón, Horacio E., Berrýa, Marýa I.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Argentina Biological and medical sciences Brief Reports Chagas disease Female HTLV II infections HTLV-II Infections - complications Human T lymphotropic virus 1 Human T lymphotropic virus 2 Humans Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Nervous system as a whole Neurodegenerative diseases Neurology Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic - complications Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic - virology Retroviridae Spastic paraparesis T lymphocytes Viral diseases Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of neurological disease featuring human T lymphocyte virus-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) was diagnosed by serological (Western blot) and molecular (polymerase chain reaction) criteria as related to human T lymphocyte virus (HTLV)-II infection. This is, to our knowledge, the first case of this kind found in Argentina and is additional evidence that HAM/TSP solely related to HTLV-II infection occurs in HTLV-I-negative subjects.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/376620