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Clinical symptoms and the odds of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy/ tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in healthy virus carriers: application of best-fit logistic regression equation based on host genotype, age, and provirus load.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Jun 2006
Nose Hirohisa, Saito Mineki, Usuku Koichiro, Sabouri Amir H, Matsuzaki Toshio, Kubota Ryuji, Eiraku Nobutaka, Furukawa Yoshitaka, Izumo Shuji, Arimura Kimiyoshi, Osame Mitsuhiro
Abstract excerpt
The authors have previously developed a logistic regression equation to predict the odds that a human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-infected individual of specified genotype, age, and provirus load has HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in southern Japan. This study evaluated whether this equation is useful predictor for monitoring asymptomatic HTLV-1-seropositive...
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