Open AccessAbsence of HTLV‐II Co‐infection in HTLV‐I‐associated Myelopathy Patients
Author(s) -
Miyamoto Kanji,
Nakamura Tatsufumi,
Nagataki Shigenobu,
Tomita Noriko,
Kitajima Koichi
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
japanese journal of cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.035
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1349-7006
pISSN - 0910-5050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1992.tb01943.x
Subject(s) - myelopathy , polymerase chain reaction , virology , syncytium , viral disease , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , serology , human t lymphotropic virus 1 , immunology , virus , biology , pathology , antibody , spinal cord , gene , genetics , psychiatry , t cell leukemia
Syncytium inhibition assay to distinguish between HTLV‐I and HTLV‐II infection was performed with sera and cerebrospinal fluid of 15 HTLV‐I‐associated myelopathy (HAM) patients. Also, genome analysis of HTLV‐II proviral DNA was performed in some HAM patients by use of the polymerase chain reaction method. All of the HAM patients were negative for co‐infection with HTLV‐II.