[Prevalence of HTLV-1 virus infection in Togo (Kozah prefecture and the University Hospital Center of Lome] NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2000. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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[Prevalence of HTLV-1 virus infection in Togo (Kozah prefecture and the University Hospital Center of Lome]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2000 Feb;93(1):3-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/20236297
Balogou AA; Grunitzky EK; Anani TK; Kowu A; Sadzo-Hetsu A; Nubukpo KA; Dumas M; Service de neurologie, CHU, Lome, Togo.; abalogou@syfed.tg.refer.org

Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Human T cell Leukaemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV1) in a representative population sample, in neurological and non-neurological patients hospitalised in the Lome teaching hospital in order to study the clinical manifestations of this retrovirus. There was no statistical difference among the three groups concerning the prevalence of HTLV1 respectively (1.2%: 21/1717, 1.8%: 15/828 and 1.6%: 4/244). Spastic paraparesis was the only disease significantly linked to HTLV1 (15.5%: 9/58).

Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE (prefecture de la Kozah et CHU de Lome). Adolescence Adult Aged Antibodies, Viral/BLOOD English Abstract Female Human HIV Antibodies/BLOOD *HTLV-I/IMMUNOLOGY HTLV-I Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Male Middle Age Paraparesis, Spastic/VIROLOGY Togo/EPIDEMIOLOGYKWDjournalarticle(prefecturedelakozahetchudelome)KWDadolescenceadultagedantibodies,viral/bloodenglishabstractfemalehumanhivantibodies/bloodKWDhtlv-i/immunologyhtlv-iinfections/KWDepidemiologymalemiddleageparaparesis,spastic/virologytogo/epidemiology
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