Serum antibodies to HTLV-I in Thai patients with chronic progressive myelopathy, multiple sclerosis, myopathy and in HIV-seropositive intravenous drug abusers

T Hemachudha; P Phanuphak; S Sirivichayakul; K Phanthumchinda

Serum antibodies to HTLV-I in Thai patients with chronic progressive myelopathy, multiple sclerosis, myopathy and in HIV-seropositive intravenous drug abusers

Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 1989 Jun;7(1):33-5.

Authors

T Hemachudha¹, P Phanuphak, S Sirivichayakul, K Phanthumchinda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Bankok, Thailand.

PMID: 2751768

Abstract

Antibodies to HTLV-I were assayed in sera of 9 patients with progressive myelopathy, 11 with multiple sclerosis, 5 with myopathy and in 10 HIV-seropositive intravenous heroin abusers. Clinical features in 9 cases with progressive myelopathy were not different from those previously described in tropical spastic paraparesis associated with HTLV-I infection. No detectable HTLV-1 antibody was found in the sera of any of the 35 patients studied.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Child
Chronic Disease
Female
HIV Seropositivity / immunology*
HTLV-I Antibodies / analysis*
Humans
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Sclerosis / immunology*
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / immunology*
Substance-Related Disorders / immunology*
Thailand

Substances

HTLV-I Antibodies