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HTLV-1 : chronic retroviral infection
Importance in certain geographical foci.
Transmission from mother-to-child (breast feeding), sexually or via blood
Clinical aspects: 95% of infected people remain asymptomatic, 5% become symptomatic
Opportunistic infections: Norwegian scabies, tuberculosis, Strongyloides stercoralis, etc.
Auto-immune phenomena: uveitis
Evolution to lymphoma in a minority of patients
Neurological syndrome with abnormal gait pattern and urinary incontinence
