Immunovirological markers in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)

Abstract Human T cell lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) is a human retrovirus and infects approximately 10–20 million people worldwide. While the majority of infected people are asymptomatic carriers of HTLV-1, only 4% of infected people develop HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis...

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Main Authors: Yoshimi Enose-Akahata, Steven Jacobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Retrovirology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12977-019-0499-5