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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is associated with adult T-cell leukemia and a chronic progressive neurologic disease, HTLV-I–associated myelopathy–tropical spastic paraparesis (hereafter referred to as HTLV-I–associated myelopathy).^1,2,3,4,5 HTVL-I is endemic in Japan, the Caribbean, Africa, and South America.⁵ Risk factors for infection include sexual contact, exchange of blood products, and vertical transmission from mother to child.⁵ HTLV-I–associated myelopathy causes progressive myelopathy with atrophy of the spinal cord.^5,6 Subcortical white-matter lesions are sometimes present on magnetic resonance imaging.^5,6,7 Cerebrospinal fluid shows pleocytosis, elevated titers of IgG, and oligoclonal bands.^8,9,10 Autopsy results correlate with neurologic findings and show spinal cord . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Case Report

Methods

Immunocytochemical Analysis

PCR

Cell Culture

Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Assays

Flow Cytometry

Results

Discussion

Source Information

From the Viral Immunology Section, Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institutes of Health (M.C.L., T.J.L., A.N.F., H.F.M., S.J.); the Neurosurgery Branch (J.D.H.) and the Office of the Clinical Director (D.K.), National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke; and the Departments of Hematopathology (D.W.K., E.S.J.) and Neuroradiology (N.P.), National Cancer Institute — all in Bethesda, Md.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Jacobson at the Neuroimmunology Branch, NIH/NINDS, 10 Center Dr., Bldg. 10, Rm. 5B-16, Bethesda, MD 20892.

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