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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

  ORCID logo 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

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

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