up to 5% of infected people will develop a type of leukemia called adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma or a chronic neurological disease named HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis.
Infection with HTLV-1 can result in leukaemia or a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis; HAM/TSP). A high level of ...