RESUMEN

Fifteen families with clustering of infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 (IDH) and/or HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) were observed among 28 families of IDH index cases, 93% of them occurring in two generations. With the exception of two mothers of children with IDH, all the mothers with HAM/TSP had at least one child with HAM/TSP. This is the first report of such clustering involving many families.

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Dermatitis/epidemiología , Dermatitis/virología , Virus Linfotrópico T Tipo 1 Humano/aislamiento & purificación , Paraparesia Espástica Tropical/epidemiología , Paraparesia Espástica Tropical/virología , Adolescente , Adulto , Brasil/epidemiología , Niño , Preescolar , Análisis por Conglomerados , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad