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

Mirna Biglione | Zendy; Manuel Pizarro | Zendy; Horacio E. Salomón | Zendy; M. I. Berrya | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Mirna Biglione,

Manuel Pizarro,

Horacio E. Salomón,

M. I. Berrya

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/376620

Subject(s) - tropical spastic paraparesis , myelopathy , medicine , virology , polymerase chain reaction , human t lymphotropic virus , serology , virus , immunology , lymphocyte , western blot , antibody , biology , spinal cord , gene , psychiatry , biochemistry

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.

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