2013-03-272013-03-272006-10SOUZA, Lucinda A., et al. Caracterização molecular do HTLV-1 em pacientes com paraparesia espástica tropical/mielopatia associada ao HTLV-1 em Belém, Pará. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. Uberaba, v. 39, n. 5, p. 504-506, set./out. 2006. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rsbmt/v39n5/a17v39n5.pdf>. Acesso em: 26 mar. 2013. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822006000500017>.1678-98490037-8682https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/3599The present study evaluated the occurrence of HTLV-1 and its subtypes in blood samples of patients presenting symptoms of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 associated myelopathy. The detection of HTLV infection was performed by serological and molecular assays. Five patients were infected by HTLV-1 of the Cosmopolitan subtype, subgroup Transcontinental. The results confirm the occurrence of HTLV-1 infection among patients with clinical diagnosis of tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1 associated myelopathy in Belém, Pará.porAcesso AbertoVírus linfotrópico de células T humanas tipo 1Paraparesia espástica tropicalBelém - PAPará - EstadoAmazônia brasileiraArtigo de Periódico