Cytokine profile and proviral load among Japanese immigrants and non-Japanese infected with HTLV-1 in a non-endemic area of Brazil.

Cytokine profile and proviral load among Japanese immigrants and non-Japanese infected with HTLV-1 in a non-endemic area of Brazil.

The lifetime risk of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) development differs among ethnic groups. To better understand these differences, this prospective cohort study was conducted to investigate the cytokine profile and the HTLV-1 proviral load (PVL) in Japanese and...

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Main Authors: João Américo Domingos, Luana Silva Soares, Larissa M Bandeira, Camila Mareti Bonin, Ana C P Vicente, Louise Zanella, Marco Antonio Moreira Puga, Inês Aparecida Tozetti, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5380323?pdf=render

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