title: AIDS-related vacuolar myelopathy is not associated with coinfection by human T-lymphotropic virus type I.
abstract: Assessment of antibodies against human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) by enzyme-linked immunoassay, immunofluorescence, and Western blot was undertaken in patients with pathologically or clinically diagnosed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related vacuolar myelopathy to determine whether this retrovirus could be etiologically implicated in this disorder. No serological evidence for HTLV-I was found in the patients with vacuolar myelopathy, though 1 patient with an atypical myelopathy did have antibodies against HTLV-I.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Brew
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenblum
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gadler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vahlne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies