Rapid onset and progression of myelopathy following an STI: a case for screening?
| Autor: | Graham P. Taylor, M. Boothby, Rachel J Caswell, Peter Nall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Sexually Transmitted Diseases Dermatology Disease Human T-lymphotropic virus Diagnosis Differential Myelopathy medicine Humans Mass Screening Reproductive health Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 biology business.industry Transmission (medicine) virus diseases Spastic paraparesis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Paraparesis Tropical Spastic Infectious Diseases Rapid onset Disease Progression Female business Asymptomatic carrier |
| Zdroj: | Sexually transmitted infections. 95(4) |
| ISSN: | 1472-3263 |
| Popis: | Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is recognised as an STI with serious manifestations of the disease in approximately 10% of those infected. This case report is the first to describe the short interval from sexual acquisition of HTLV-1 to the onset of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy and rapid progression to spastic paraparesis. The number of adult infections in the UK per annum is unknown, but surveillance data indicate that around 30% of newly diagnosed infections are occurring in persons born in the UK, rather than in migrants from HTLV-1-endemic regions. Despite this, and despite the risk of chronic debilitating disease, HTLV-1 infection is not part of sexual health screening in the UK, with the consequence that patients requesting sexual health screens are not informed of their carrier status and transmission from asymptomatic carriers to the partners will continue. |
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