Figure 2.

Change in human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) proviral copy numbers in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). (a) HTLV-I proviral copy numbers from 10⁴ PBMCs decreased gradually until 12 weeks after prosultiamine treatment. The level of HTLV-I proviral copy numbers 12 weeks after prosultiamine treatment decreased by 15.4% compared with the time at pretreatment. (b) Changes in HTLV-I proviral copy numbers in each case between pretreatment and 12 weeks after prosultiamine treatment. Statistical significance was determined by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.