HTLV-I associated myelopathy in Brazil: a preliminary report.
In this preliminary report the authors present the finding of a high prevalence (37.5%) of seropositivity of antibodies to HTLV-I tested by Western blotting in a sample of 16 Brazilian patients with chronic myelopathies of undetermined origin.
Castro
L H
LH
Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
Chaves
C J
CJ
Callegaro
D
D
Nóbrega
J P
JP
Scaff
M
M
D015153:Blotting, Western; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D015480:Deltaretrovirus Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000453:epidemiology*
D015480:Deltaretrovirus Antibodies