Signs, meanings and practices of people living with human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 or tropical spastic myelopathy

Signs, meanings and practices of people living with human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 or tropical spastic myelopathy

Abstract Background Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) spreads silently in the world’s population and causes several syndromes. Among these, HTLV-1 associated myelopathy, also called tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), affects the nervous system. It causes sensorimotor losses, spast...

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Main Authors: Genildes Oliveira Santana, Ana Mary Libório, Ana Verena Galvão, Milena Pereira Pondé, Katia Nunes Sá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Subjects:
Tropical spastic paraparesis
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
Qualitative research
Psychosocial approach
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41687-020-00198-6

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