Spinal cord hypometabolism associated with infection by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1(HTLV-1).

• Main Authors: Luiz C F Romanelli (Author), Débora M Miranda (Author), Anna B F Carneiro-Proietti (Author), Marcelo Mamede (Author), Herika M M Vasconcelos (Author), Marina L Martins (Author), Anísia S D Ferreira (Author), Daniela V F Rosa (Author), Jonas J Paula (Author), Marco A Romano-Silva (Author), Rodrigo Nicolato (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:HTLV-1 infection is endemic in Brazil. About 1 to 2% of the Brazilian population is estimated to be infected, but most infected HTLV-1 individuals do not know about their own infection, which favors the continuity of sexual and vertical virus transmission. In addition, HTLV-1 associated c...