Manca N, Gelmi M, Mattioli F, Gargiulo F, Terlenghi L, Pirali F, Turano A
Institute of Microbiology, University of Brescia, Italy.
New Microbiol. 1993 Jan;16(1):11-7.
We describe a 65-year-old woman born and living in Northern Italy affected by non tropical spastic tetraparesis and her asymptomatic husband presenting HTLV-1 sequences in their lymphocytes detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We discuss the significance of the case and the mechanism involved in HTLV-1 infection and the relationship with neurological disorders, stressing that this case is the first reported in Italy.
我们描述了一名65岁出生并居住在意大利北部的女性，她患有非热带性痉挛性四肢轻瘫，其无症状的丈夫通过聚合酶链反应（PCR）检测发现淋巴细胞中存在HTLV-1序列。我们讨论了该病例的意义以及HTLV-1感染所涉及的机制与神经疾病的关系，强调这是意大利首例报告的此类病例。
