T CD4+ cells count among patients co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1): high prevalence of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) Contagens de células T CD4+ na co-infecção HIV-1 e HTLV-1: alta prevalência da paraparesia espástica tropical/mielopatia associada ao HTLV-1

T CD4+ cells count among patients co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1): high prevalence of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (TSP/HAM) Contagens de células T CD4+ na co-infecção HIV-1 e HTLV-1: alta prevalência da paraparesia espástica tropical/mielopatia associada ao HTLV-1

INTRODUCTION: HIV positive patients co-infected with HTLV-1 may have an increase in their T CD4+ cell counts, thus rendering this parameter useless as an AIDS-defining event. OBJECTIVE: To study the effects induced by the co-infection of HIV-1 and HTLV-1 upon CD4+ cells. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Since...

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Main Authors: Jorge Casseb, Maria Paulina Posada-Vergara, Patrícia Montanheiro, Lígia Maria Ichii Fukumori, Ingrid Olah, Jerusa Smid, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Augusto Cesar Penalva de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2007-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
HTLV-I
HIV-1
Co-infection
Neurological manifestation
TSP/HAM simile
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652007000400007

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