Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection and tropical spastic paraparesis in Belgian expatriates

P Goubau; H Carton; P Cornet; G Vercauteren; A Van Gompel; H De Vooght; P Piot; J Desmyter

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection and tropical spastic paraparesis in Belgian expatriates

P Goubau, H Carton, P Cornet, G Vercauteren, A Van Gompel, H De Vooght, P Piot, J Desmyter

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Abstract

A case of HTLV-1 associated tropical spastic paraparesis is described in a Belgian nun who had been working as a midwife in Central Africa. Occupational exposure was the only risk factor identified. Among 2,482 Belgian expatriates in tropical countries, 92% of whom had resided in sub-Saharan Africa for an average of 15.5 years, only one Belgian-born man was found seropositive for HTLV-1. He was married to an African woman and living in Central Africa for 23 years. The risk of HTLV-1 infection is low in Belgian expatriates and on its own does not support generalised anti-HTLV screening in autochthonous Belgian blood donors

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Medical Virology
Volume	36
Pages (from-to)	13-15
ISSN	0146-6615
Publication status	Published - 1992

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Imported diseases
Viral diseases
HTLV-1
Tropical spastic paraparesis
Serology
Case reports
Belgium
Europe-West
Congo-Kinshasa
Africa-Central

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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection and tropical spastic paraparesis in Belgian expatriates

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