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| Montanheiro,P.A.; Penalva de Oliveira,A.C.; Posada-Vergara,M.P.; Milagres,A.C.; Tauil,C.; Marchiori,P.E.; Duarte,A.J.S.; Casseb,J.. |
| To evaluate the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) proviral DNA load among asymptomatic HTLV-I-infected carriers and patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), real time PCR using TaqMan probes for the pol gene was performed in two million peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). The albumin gene was the internal genomic control and MT2 cells were used as positive control. The results are reported as copies/10,000 PBMC, and the detection limit was 10 copies. A total of 89 subjects (44 HAM/TSP and 45 healthy HTLV-I-infected carriers) followed up at the Institute of Infectious Diseases "Emilio Ribas" and in the Neurology Division of Hospital of Clínicas were studied. The asymptomatic HTLV-I-infected... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: HTLV-I; HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP); HTLV-I DNA viral load. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005001100011 |
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