Quantification of HTLV-I proviral DNA in PBMCs and BAL fluid from HTLV-I carriers and HAM/TSP patients
| Subjects | PBMCs | BAL fluid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Median | Range | N | Median | Range | |
| HTLV-I copy number per 104 PBMCs and per 104 BAL cells are presented. | ||||||
| HTLV-I, human T lymphotropic virus type I; AHCs, asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers; SHCs, symptomatic HTLV-I carriers with chronic inflammatory diseases of respiratory tract; HAM/TSP, HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis; PBMCs, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; N, number of subjects; ND, not detected. | ||||||
| *p<0.01 compared with HTLV-I carriers, AHCs and SHCs; **p<0.01 compared with HTLV-I carriers and SHCs. | ||||||
| HTLV-I carriers | 26 | 199 | ND–1704 | 14 | 126 | 22–1268 |
| AHCs | 11 | 138 | ND–1704 | 3 | 75 | 70–132 |
| SHCs | 15 | 232 | 30–1390 | 11 | 141 | 22–1268 |
| HAM/TSP | 8 | 1611* | 261–2857 | 8 | 601** | 294–3495 |