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Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2006 Sep-Oct;39(5):504-6. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000500017.

[Molecular characterization of HTLV-1 among patients with tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 associated myelopathy in Belém, Pará].

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

[Article in Portuguese]
Lucinda A Souza, Ivina G L Lopes, Eduardo Leitão Maia, Vânia N Azevedo, Luiz Fernando A Machado, Marluísa O G Ishak, Ricardo Ishak, Antonio Carlos R Vallinoto

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  1. Laboratório de Virologia, Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA.

PMID: 17160333 DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000500017

Abstract

The present study evaluated the occurrence of HTLV-1 and its subtypes in blood samples of patients presenting symptoms of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 associated myelopathy. The detection of HTLV infection was performed by serological and molecular assays. Five patients were infected by HTLV-1 of the Cosmopolitan subtype, subgroup Transcontinental. The results confirm the occurrence of HTLV-1 infection among patients with clinical diagnosis of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 associated myelopathy in Belém, Pará.

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