Article
Nucleotide sequence analysis of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I pX and LTR regions from patients with sicca syndrome.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 1999
Beby-Defaux A, Frugier F, Bourgoin A, Moynet D, Hajjar C, Sainte-Foie S, Guillemain B, Agius G
Abstract excerpt
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is associated with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM). Other inflammatory disorders may occur in HTLV-I-infected patients, such as sicca syndrome resembling Sjögren's syndrome. The sicca syndrome may be the unique clinical manifestation of HTLV-I infection, but is associated frequently with TSP/HAM,...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Caribbean Region
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Genome, Viral
- HTLV-I Infections
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data