Article
The host immune response to HTLV-1 infection
2012-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Human T-lymphotropic virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that persists lifelong in the host. In ~4% of infected people, HTLV-1 causes a chronic disabling neuroinflammatory disease known as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). The pathogenesis of HAM/TSP is unknown and treatment remains ineffective. In this study we aimed to identify patterns in frequencies of peripheral leukocyte...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7ae30eb5-6a17-534e-bf1d-bfb10e76daa4
- DOI
- 10.25560/9916
