Yonsei Med J.
1991 Jun;32(2):190-194. 10.3349/ymj.1991.32.2.190.
A case of HTLV-I associated myelopathy(HAM) in Korea
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Rehabilitation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Internal Medicine3, Facuity of Medicine, Kogoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
- KMID: 1118148
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1991.32.2.190
Abstract
- We report the first Korean case of HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM), which was confirmed by Western blot assay of serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Interestingly, the proband's wife was a Japanese Korean who had lived in the endemic area of HAM, Kyushu. Japan, Investigations revealed significantly elevated anti HTLV-I antibody titers in the serum, but not in the CSF, suggesting that she was a carrier of HTLV-I. Considering that the patient had not had a previous blood transfusion, the most common route of HTLV-I, it is likely that the patient was infected by his wife through sexual intercourse. Although previous reports suggest that the transmission of HTLV-I is essentially from man to man or man to woman, our case suggests that woman to man transmission also occurs.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- A case of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I Associated Myelopathy (HAM)
- Nucleotide sequence analysis of HTLV-I isolate from a Korean patient with HAM/TSP
- Contribution of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation for the Diagnosis of HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
- Antibodies to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) by particle agglutination (PA) test in Korean blood donors
- Periodic Limb Movements During Sleep Associated with Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I-Associated Myelopathy
