Clinical Characteristics of Patients in Peru with Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1–Associated Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
Author(s) -
Eduardo Gotuzzo,
J. Massaguer Cabrera,
Luis María Ramírez de las Casas Deza,
Kristien Verdonck,
Anne–Mieke Vandamme,
ROSARIO CAIRAMPOMA,
Darwin Vizcarra,
Miguel M. Cabada,
G. Narvarte,
César De Las Casas
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1086/423957
Subject(s) - tropical spastic paraparesis , medicine , virology , human t lymphotropic virus , virus , human t lymphotropic virus 1 , immunology , myelopathy , psychiatry , t cell leukemia , spinal cord
Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is associated with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP). Peru is an area of endemicity for HTLV-1.
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