HTLV-1 proviral load in infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 does not increase after the development of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis and does not decrease after IDH remission.

• Main Authors: Everton S Batista (Author), Pedro D Oliveira (Author), Janeusa Primo (Author), Cinthya Maria Neves Varandas (Author), Ana Paula Nunes (Author), Achiléa L Bittencourt (Author), Lourdes Farre (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Introduction</h4>Infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 (IDH) is a recurrent eczema which affects children vertically infected with HTLV-1. In Bahia, Brazil, we recently reported that 47% of IDH patients also develop juvenile HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic parapar...