HTLV-1 and neurological conditions: when to suspect and when to order a diagnostic test for HTLV-1 infection?

Author:

Araújo Abelardo Q.C.1,Leite Ana Claudia C.1,Lima Marco Antonio S.D.1,Silva Marcus Tulius T.1

Affiliation:

1. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Abstract

HTLV-1 is a retrovirus associated with a myriad of clinical conditions, especially hematological and neurological ones. Regarding nervous system diseases, it is of utmost importance to select those cases in which HTLV-1 infection could really be associated. This is particularly true for patients from endemic areas and for HIV-infected patients and drug users, since that these groups are at a higher risk for HTLV infection. This caution in selecting neurological patients for HTLV diagnostic tests is justified by the fact that in some circumstances the seropositivity may merely represent an epiphenomenon. In this paper we enroll some neurological conditions that have been associated with HTLV-1/2 infection in the literature and discuss the real need for HTLV-1/2 diagnostic tests in each one. Because HIV/HTLV-co-infected patients seem to be at an increased risk for neurological diseases development, a special consideration about this matter is also made.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

Neurology,Neurology (clinical)

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