| human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i infection in barbados: results of a 20-year follow-up study. | forty-one human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-1)-seropositive individuals were identified among 1,012 subjects with stored serum samples from a health and seroepidemiological survey conducted in barbados in 1972. these 41 subjects plus 79 htlv-1 seronegative household members were targeted in a follow-up study 20 years later. sixteen seropositive subjects and 22 seronegative subjects were interviewed, examined, and phlebotomized. there were no changes in htlv-1 serostatus between the 19 ... | 1996 | 8757431 |
| anterior horn cell degeneration in polymyositis associated with human t lymphotropic virus type-1 in patients from barbados. | anterior horn cell degeneration has only occasionally been noted in patients with tropical spastic paraparesis associated with human t lymphotropic virus type-1 (htlv-1) infection. we report on three adult patients with htlv-1-associated polymyositis who had clinical evidence of anterior horn cell degeneration. one patient had moderate proximal weakness and muscle wasting in all four limbs, while two had mild upper limb weakness with more profound proximal weakness and wasting in the lower limbs ... | 1996 | 8686782 |
| a historical study of human t lymphotropic virus type i transmission in barbados. | a 1972 historic sera collection from two health districts in barbados, british west indies, was evaluated for risk factors and epidemiologic patterns of htlv-i (human t cell leukemia virus type i) during a time prior to the first report of its discovery in 1980. htlv-i seroprevalence is 4.2% (43 of 1,012) and is consistent with current estimates in endemic areas in the caribbean. age-dependent rise (p less than .01) and higher seroprevalence rates for females (p less than .01) are indistinguisha ... | 1989 | 2538516 |