Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Jun 1992)

Evidence of preferential female prevalence of HTLV-I associated tropical spastic paraparesis in Bahia-Brazil

  • O. A. Moreno-Carvalho,
  • J. I. Santos,
  • G. Di Credico,
  • B. Galvão-Castro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X1992000200009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 2
pp. 183 – 188

Abstract

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In order to evaluate the prevalence of HTLV-I infection and its association with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) in Bahia, a Northeastern State of Brazil, CSF and sera from TSP patients and CSF and/or sera from some selected groups of individuals were studied. The results seem to indicate a higher prevalence of HTLV-I infection in women than men with TSP and among individuals of HIV risk groups. Some alterations of routine analysis of CSF can suggest HTLV-I infection in TSP patients.

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