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Spastic Paraparesis and Dual Exposure to Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type IV
- J. HUGON, M.D.;
- M. DUMAS, M.D.;
- J. M. VALLAT, M.D.;
- F. DENIS, M.D.;
- M. PlQUEMAL, M.D.;
- C. GIORDANO, M.D.; and
- F. BARIN, M.D.
- Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire; Limoges, France
- Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire; Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Africa
- Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire; Tours, France
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To the editor: Infection with human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) has been associated with adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma and, more recently, with tropical spastic paraparesis (1). A new retrovirus (HTLV-IV) similar to that known as simian T-lymphotropic virus type III has been isolated in apparently healthy people in Senegal (2). We report the case of a West-African patient with progressive spastic paraplegia and dual exposure to HTLV-I and HTLV-IV.
A 32-year-old black man born in the western part of Ivory Coast and living in Abidjan had a neurologic examination in June 1985 to determine the cause of progressive difficulty in
