| epidemiology of tropical spastic paraparesis in columbia and associated htlv-i infection. | the clinical syndrome earlier designated as paraparesia espástica del pacífico is an isolated form of tropical spastic paraparesis (tsp) that was reported in 1981 in the southern pacific lowlands of columbia in and near tumaco. the clinical features are similar to those of tsp reported in jamaica, martinique, the seychelles, and the ivory coast of africa and resemble also those clinical features of the human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i)-associated myelopathy described in southern japan. ... | 1988 | 2894809 |
| polyarthritis in htlv-1-infected patients. a review of 17 cases. | a retrospective study was conducted in martinique to identify patients with polyarthritis and positive serologic tests for the human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-1). patients with metabolic or bacterial causes of polyarthritis were excluded. we found 17 cases of htlv-1-positive polyarthritis (6.7% of the total of polyarthritis patients followed in our department); there were 14 females and three males, and all the patients were west-indian blacks. mean age at diagnosis was 50 years. fi ... | 1995 | 7788319 |
| tropical spastic paraparesis: clinical, immunological, and virological studies in two patients from martinique. | two patients from martinique with tropical spastic paraparesis had antibodies to human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) in serum and spinal fluid but no antibodies to other retroviruses tested. they presented with spastic weakness of both lower extremities, hyperreflexia with upgoing toes, sphincteric dysfunction, and normal sensation. by means of agarose isoelectric focusing and selective immunoblotting we demonstrated an increased intrathecal synthesis of igg antibodies to htlv-i in the sp ... | 1988 | 2894805 |
| seroprevalence of retroviral infections among pregnant women in martinique (french west indies). | a seroepidemiologic study of human t cell lymphotrophic virus type-1 (htlv-1) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infections was carried out in martinique among 467 pregnant women receiving prenatal care at the martinique department for the protection of motherhood and childhood. a seroprevalence rate of 1.93% was found for htlv-1 infection. no hiv serum marker was observed. given the epidemiology of these viral diseases, it is suggested that serologic status should be determined for all preg ... | 1999 | 10548294 |
| implication of htlv-i infection, strongyloidiasis, and p53 overexpression in the development, response to treatment, and evolution of non-hodgkin's lymphomas in an endemic area (martinique, french west indies). | a clinicopathologic study was conducted to assess the implication of htlv-i infection, strongyloides stercoralis (ss) infection, and p53 overexpression in the development, response to treatment, and evolution of non-hodgkin's lymphoma (nhl) in martinique, french west indies. two groups of patients, with 22 and 41 participants with b-cell and t-cell lymphoma, respectively, were analyzed. htlv-i antibodies were detected in 24 (59%) patients with t-cell lymphoma of whom 19 (46%) fulfilled diagnosti ... | 1999 | 10096585 |
| sequence and phylogenetic analyses of human t cell lymphotropic virus type 1 from a brazilian woman with adult t cell leukemia: comparison with virus strains from south america and the caribbean basin. | human t cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) is endemic in south america and the caribbean basin. to clarify the genetic and phylogenetic relationship between an htlv-1 strain isolated from a brazilian woman with adult t cell leukemia and viral isolates from elsewhere in south america and from other geographic regions, selected regions of the gag, pol, env, and px genes were amplified and directly sequenced. the overall sequence similarities between the brazil-r-1 strain and the japanese prot ... | 1995 | 7856818 |