Evolution of HTLV-1 proviral load in patients from Salvador, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Variations in human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) proviral load (PVL) in infected individuals over time are not well understood. Objective: To evaluate the evolution of proviral load in asymptomatic individuals and HAM/TSP patients in order to help determine periodicity for...

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Main Authors: Viviana Nilla Olavarria, Alline do Nascimento Gomes, Ramon de Almeida Kruschewsky, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000400008&lng=en&tlng=en