title: A possible case of myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in an Argentinian woman with human T lymphocyte virus type II.
abstract: A case of neurological disease featuring human T lymphocyte virus-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) was diagnosed by serological (Western blot) and molecular (polymerase chain reaction) criteria as related to human T lymphocyte virus (HTLV)-II infection. This is, to our knowledge, the first case of this kind found in Argentina and is additional evidence that HAM/TSP solely related to HTLV-II infection occurs in HTLV-I-negative subjects.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Center for AIDS, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Human Retroviruses, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. mbiglione@fmed.uba.ar
authors.forename: Mirna M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Biglione
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pizarro
authors.forename: Horacio E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Salomón
authors.forename: María I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Berría
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina; D005260:Female; D015491:HTLV-II Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015367:Human T-lymphotropic virus 2; D006801:Humans; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology