Temporal trends in Human T-Lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) incidence in Martinique over 25 years (1986-2010).

• Main Authors: Stephane Olindo (Author), Severine Jeannin (Author), Martine Saint-Vil (Author), Aissatou Signate (Author), Mireille Edimonana-Kaptue (Author), Julien Joux (Author), Harold Merle (Author), Pascale Richard (Author), Samuel Granjeaud (Author), Philippe Cabre (Author), Didier Smadja (Author), Raymond Cesaire (Author), Agnes Lezin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has been discovered in 1980 and has been linked to tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in 1985 in Martinique. There is no data on HAM/TSP incidence trends. We report, in the present work, the temporal trends incidence of HAM/TSP in Martinique over 25 yea...