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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection in neurological patients in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
Other Titles: | Journal of the Neurological Sciences |
Authors: | Gomes, Irênio Melo, Ailton de Souza Proietti, Fernando A. Carvalho, Otavio Augusto Moreno de Loures, Luiz Antonio M. Dazza, Marie Christine Said, Gerard Larouzé, Bernard Castro, Bernardo Galvão |
metadata.dc.creator: | Gomes, Irênio Melo, Ailton de Souza Proietti, Fernando A. Carvalho, Otavio Augusto Moreno de Loures, Luiz Antonio M. Dazza, Marie Christine Said, Gerard Larouzé, Bernard Castro, Bernardo Galvão |
Abstract: | HTLV-I infection represents a major health concern in endemic areas throughout the world, such as Salvador, the main city of Bahia State, with socio-demographic characteristics similar to sub-Saharan African cities, located in the Northeast of Brazil. In order to provide an estimate of the frequency distribution, and range of neurological manifestations potentially related to HTLV-I infection in this city, we conducted a cross-sectional clinical–epidemiological study to determine the prevalence of this infection in patients with neurological diseases. Patients exhibiting vascular diseases, tumoral diseases or trauma were excluded. Over a period of 16 months, we studied 322 consecutive patients with chronic neurological diseases, who attended the neurological clinics of two major hospitals in Salvador. Overall, the prevalence of HTLV-I infection among the patients was 20.9% (67/320). However, the prevalence among the 104 patients with chronic myelopathy was 50.0% (52/104). It was observed that the major prevalence of HTLV-I was between the ages of 40 and 60 years with a female predominance. Our data indicate that, in Salvador city, HTLV-I is associated with chronic myelopathies or myeloneuropathies, which seem to be the only neurological diseases associated with HTLV-I. |
Keywords: | HTLV-I Neurological diseases TSP HAM Prevalence South America |
Publisher: | Elservier |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/7599 |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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