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HTLV 1 and 2 - Coggle Diagram
HTLV 1 and 2
Complications
Myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis
What: demyelinating spastic paraparesis
Affect lower limbs
Uveitis
T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Where: skin and brain
What: tumor of CD4 cells
Infective dermatitis
What: eczema
Where: scalp, axilla, groin, ear, eyelid, para-nasal skin, neck
Transmission
Sex
Mother-to-child = BF
Blood transfusion
Pathogenesis
infects T-cells
induce oncogenesis
cell expression associated with tumors
Epidemiology
Females> males
Sero-prevalence increase with age
