Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection and early neurologic development: a pilot study of 48 children.

Montano, S M; Zunt, J R; Rodriguez, L; Quispe, I; Rodriguez, C; Altamirano, J; Bautista, C T; Alarcón, J O V et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2004

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

To determine whether human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is associated with delayed neurological development, we examined 48 Peruvian children with exposure to HTLV-1 who were identified at the Instituto Materno-Perinatal. Compared with 38 HTLV-1-seronegative children, the 10 seropositive children did not have higher rates of neurodevelopmental delay. Long-term follow-up is planned.

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