Health state utility values in people living with HTLV-1 and in patients with HAM/TSP: The impact of a neglected disease on the quality of life.

• Main Authors: Carolina Rosadas (Author), Tatiane Assone (Author), Marina Yamashita (Author), Adine Adonis (Author), Marzia Puccioni-Sohler (Author), Marisa Santos (Author), Arthur Paiva (Author), Jorge Casseb (Author), Augusto C P Oliveira (Author), Graham P Taylor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>HTLV-1 is a neglected sexually transmitted infection despite being the cause of disabling neurological disease HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). There is no treatment for this infection and public health policies are essential to redu...