IL28B Gene Polymorphism SNP rs8099917 Genotype GG Is Associated with HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP) in HTLV-1 Carriers - Assone, Tatiane; Souza, Fernando Vieira de; Gaester, Karen Oliveira; Fonseca, Luiz Augusto Marcondes; Luiz, Olinda do Carmo; Malta, Fernanda; Pinho, João Renato Rebello; Gonçalves, Fernanda de Toledo; Duarte, Alberto Jose da Silva; de Oliveira, Augusto Cesar Penalva; Casseb, Jorge (PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2014)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Biology and Life Sciences; Cytokines; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Development and progression; Disease; DNA; Female; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genotype; Genotype & phenotype; HTLV-I Infections - complications; HTLV-I Infections - virology; Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; Humans; Infections; Interferons; Interleukins; Interleukins - genetics; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Paraparesis, Tropical spastic; Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic - genetics; Pathogenesis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics; Properties; Proviruses - genetics; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Viral infections; Viral Load