In this study in 1987-89 in 4 West African cities, Abidjan, Dakar, Lomé, and Ouagadougou,
865 patients with spastic paraparesis, peripheral neuropathy, cranial nerve palsy …

Human T‐lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) is the etiological agent of adult T‐cell
leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV‐1‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis …

Background. 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. Methods. All patients …

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is associated with adult T-cell
leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis …

ABSTRACT The Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1) affects up to 10 million
people worldwide. It is directly associated to one of the most aggressive T cell malignancies …

An increasing spectrum of diseases has been shown to be associated with the human T‐cell
lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV‐I), most notably a chronic, progressive myelopathy termed …

All 17 patients with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) in a series seen in the United
Kingdom have antibodies to the human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). Cultured …

It has been three decades since the discovery of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-
1), which is the first human retrovirus etiologically associated with an aggressive malignancy …

In addition to causing the aggressive CD4+ T-cell malignancy known as adult T-cell
leukemia, human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) causes a chronic debilitating …

The human T lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) was the first human retrovirus identified.
The virus is transmitted through sexual intercourse, blood transfusion, sharing of …