A viral infectious disease that results in inflammation located in spinal cord, has_material_basis_in Human T-lymphotropic virus 1, which is transmitted by sexual contact, and transmitted by breast feeding. The infection has symptom spastic weakness of both legs, has symptom muscle stiffness, has symptom sensory disturbance, and has symptom spasms. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007638 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007637 url:http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/sec16/ch224/ch224k.html url:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_spastic_paraparesis ]
Synonyms: HTLV-associated myelopathy Tropical spastic paralysis Tropical spastic paraplegia
Term information
- MESH:D015493
- ICD10CM:G04.1
- SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:45129002
- MIM:159580
- NCI:C179058
- UMLS_CUI:C0030481
DO_infectious_disease_slim, NCIthesaurus
Term relations
- viral infectious disease
- spinal cord disease
- transmitted by some (vehicle-borne ingestion transmission or contact transmission)
- has symptom some sensory disturbance
- has symptom some muscle weakness
- has material basis in some Human T-cell leukemia virus type I
- disease has location some spinal cord