AIDS-related vacuolar myelopathy is not associated with coinfection by human T-lymphotropic virus type I. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Assessment of antibodies against human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) by enzyme-linked immunoassay, immunofluorescence, and Western blot was undertaken in patients with pathologically or clinically diagnosed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related vacuolar myelopathy to determine whether this retrovirus could be etiologically implicated in this disorder. No serological evidence for HTLV-I was found in the patients with vacuolar myelopathy, though 1 patient with an atypical myelopathy did have antibodies against HTLV-I.

publication date

  • November 1, 1989

Research

keywords

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Demyelinating Diseases
  • HTLV-I Infections
  • Spinal Cord Diseases

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0024469180

PubMed ID

  • 2817843

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 5