RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
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. (DO)
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Familial Spastic Paraparesis, Htlv 1 Associated; HAM; HAM/TSP; HTLV I Associated Myelopathy; HTLV I Associated Myelopathy Tropical Spastic Paraparesis; HTLV I associated myelopathies; HTLV-1-associated myelopathies; HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis; HTLV-associated myelopathy; Htlv-1-Associated Myelopathy; Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Associated Myelopathy; Tropical Spastic Parapareses; tropical spastic paralysis; tropical spastic paraplegia; tropical spastic paraplegias