HTLV-1 proviral load in infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 does not increase after the development of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis and does not decrease after IDH remission

• Everton S. Batista,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (CPQGM/FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Pedro D. Oliveira,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Edgard Santos Teaching Hospital, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Janeusa Primo,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuropediatric Department, Santo Antonio Hospital of Sister Dulce's Social Work, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Cinthya Maria Neves Varandas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neuropediatric Department, Santo Antonio Hospital of Sister Dulce's Social Work, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Ana Paula Nunes,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Prof. Edgard Santos Teaching Hospital, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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• Achiléa L. Bittencourt ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: achilea@uol.com.br (ALB); Lfarre@bahia.fiocruz.br, mfarre@idibell.cat (LF)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Prof. Edgard Santos Teaching Hospital, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-132X

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• Lourdes Farre

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: achilea@uol.com.br (ALB); Lfarre@bahia.fiocruz.br, mfarre@idibell.cat (LF)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (CPQGM/FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, ProCURE Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3168-1940

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