dc.creator | Gomes, Irênio | |
dc.creator | Melo, Ailton | |
dc.creator | Proietti, Fernando Augusto | |
dc.creator | Carvalho, Otavio Augusto Moreno | |
dc.creator | Loures, Luiz Antonio M | |
dc.creator | Dazza, Marie Christine | |
dc.creator | Said, Gerard | |
dc.creator | Larouzé, Bernard | |
dc.creator | Castro Filho, Bernardo Galvão | |
dc.date | 2014-08-07T18:55:33Z | |
dc.date | 2014-08-07T18:55:33Z | |
dc.date | 1999 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-26T22:59:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-26T22:59:48Z | |
dc.identifier | GOMES, I. et al. Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection in neurological patients in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, v. 165, n. 1, p. 84–89, 1999. | |
dc.identifier | 0022-510X | |
dc.identifier | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/8152 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8885656 | |
dc.description | 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. | |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.rights | open access | |
dc.subject | HTLV-I | |
dc.subject | Neurological diseases | |
dc.subject | TSP | |
dc.subject | HAM | |
dc.subject | Prevalence | |
dc.subject | South America | |
dc.subject | Infecções por HTLV-I/epidemiologia | |
dc.subject | Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/epidemiologia | |
dc.subject | Adolescente | |
dc.subject | Adulto | |
dc.subject | Brasil/epidemiologia | |
dc.subject | Anticorpos Antibacterianos/análise | |
dc.subject | Estudos Transversais | |
dc.subject | Anticorpos Antideltaretrovirus/análise | |
dc.subject | Feminino | |
dc.subject | Anticorpos Anti-HIV/análise | |
dc.subject | Infecções por HTLV-I/líquido cefalorraquidiano | |
dc.subject | Infecções por HTLV-I/diagnóstico | |
dc.subject | Humanos | |
dc.subject | Masculino | |
dc.subject | Meia-Idade | |
dc.subject | Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/diagnóstico | |
dc.subject | Estudos Soroepidemiológicos | |
dc.subject | Treponema pallidum/imunologia | |
dc.title | Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection in neurological patients in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. | |
dc.type | Article | |