Expanding the etiologic spectrum of spastic ataxia syndrome: chronic infection with human T lymphotropic virus type 1
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Author(s)
Edhom, Karolina Af
Lidman, Christer
Granberg, Tobias
Taylor, Graham P
Paucar, Martin
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Infection with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is in most cases indolent; however, some patients develop adult T cell leukemia, associated with poor prognosis, or the highly disabling and incurable HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) (Verdonck et al. 2007; Cooper et al. 2009). HTLV-1 is an endemic infection in Southern Japan, Iran, South America, the Caribbean basin, West Africa, and among aborigines in Australia (Verdonck et al. 2007). There are no established biomarkers to predict complications in HTLV-1; however, the percentage of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) harboring the provirus, called proviral load (PVL), and beta-2 microglobulin (β2M) in serum are surrogate biomarkers. Associations with neurological syndromes other than HAM/TSP have been claimed, including neuropathy, motor neuron disease (Araujo et al. 2019), as well as cerebellar ataxia (Iwasaki 4,5,6,; Kira et al. 1993; Gracia et al. 1995; e-1 to e-6). In the majority of reported cases, ataxia occurred in Japanese patients with HAM/TSP (Iwasaki 1990; Iwanaga 1993; Kira et al. 1993; e1, e-2, e-4, e-6). Here, we present an Iranian HTLV-1 positive patient with a cerebellar syndrome, elevated β2M in serum, and elevated neopterin and CXCL10 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Date Issued
2021-04-01
Date Acceptance
2020-12-02
Citation
Journal of NeuroVirology, 2021, 27, pp.345-347
ISSN
1355-0284
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
345
End Page
347
Journal / Book Title
Journal of NeuroVirology
Volume
27
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33751488
PII: 10.1007/s13365-020-00932-2
Subjects
Ataxia
HTLV-1
Proviral load
Publication Status
Published online
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2021-03-22