Ocular lesions in HTLV-1 infected patients from Salvador, State of Bahia: the city with the highest prevalence of this infection in Brazil Lesões oculares em pacientes infectados pelo HTLV-1 em Salvador, Estado da Bahia: a cidade com maior prevalência desta infecção no Brasil

In order to determine the prevalence of ocular lesions in HTLV-1 infected patients in Salvador Bahia, a transversal study was conducted on 140 HTLV-1 infected patients (90 asymptomatic and 50 tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1-associated myelopathy) between June 2004 and November 2005. The ophthalm...

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Main Authors: Regina Helena Rathsam-Pinheiro, Ney Boa-Sorte, Cristina Castro-Lima-Vargens, Carlos Aldir Pinheiro, Humberto Castro-Lima, Bernardo Galvão-Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2009-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822009000600004