In order to examine the effect of HTLV-I proviral load on the pathogenesis of HAM/TSP, we
measured the HTLV-I proviral load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from a …

To clarify clinical and laboratory findings that may be related to the pathomechanism of
HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), we analyzed these …

A high proviral load of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMCs) has been reported in patients with HTLV-1-associated …

To assess the immunopathological significance of the increased replication of human T-cell
leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis …

Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic
paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is an inflammatory neurological disease caused by HTLV-I infection …

A high human T‐cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) proviral load is described in HTLV‐
1‐associated diseases, especially HAM/TSP. However, the cut‐off value to define high …

Background Recently, human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) basic leucine zipper
factor (HBZ), encoded from a minus strand mRNA was discovered and was suggested to …

To date, high human T‐cell lymphotropic virus type I proviral load in patients with human T‐
cell lymphotropic virus type I‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis has been …

A quantitative method utilizing polymerase chain reaction was employed to evaluate the
amount of human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) proviral DNA in the affected spinal …

We studied the clinical features and laboratory findings in 213 patients with HTLV-I-
associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis as diagnosed in Kagoshima University …