Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis
(HAM/TSP) is a progressive disease of the CNS that causes weakness or paralysis of the …

… spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy (TSP/HAM). The lifetime risk among
HTLV-1 … Clinically, TSP/HAM is mainly defined as a chronic spastic paraparesis and minor …

… The major clinical findings were of a spastic paraparesis with … HTLV-I antibodies should
be sought routinely in those MS suspected cases with I prominent spastic paraparesis…

… Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus endemic in several
regions … disease termed HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). …

… with HIV-1 and this can … , HTLV-1, to determine whether DC were infected andcaused any
changes in T-cell function. Patients infected with HTLV-1 who have tropical spastic paraparesis …

… Before the discovery of HTLV-1, clinical observations with unusual prevalence of spastic
paraplegia have been reported mainly from the Caribbean islands. In the mid 1980s, …

… (HTLV-I)-infected people with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP), there are activated HTLV-l-…
Tax-specific cytotoxic T cells in four of the five subjects with tropical spastic paraparesis …

… HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) can progress slowly
or rapidly even though a set of symptoms such as spastic paraparesis … to HTLV-1 from their …

… Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic
paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a rare chronic neuroinflammatory disease. While the disease usually …

HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/ tropical spastic paraparesis (… Over 90% of HTLV-1-infected
individuals remain lifelong … harbor a provirus and express HTLV-1 proteins, particularly Tax, …