## Abstract A case of HTLVβ1 associated tropical spastic paraparesis is described in a Belgian nun who had been working as a midwife in Central Africa. Occupational exposure was the only risk factor identified. Among 2,482 Belgian expatriates in tropical countries, 92% of whom had resided in subβSa
The Role of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection
β Scribed by BECCA ASQUITH; CHARLES R.M. BANGHAM
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 235 KB
- Volume
- 207
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5193
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