“…This observation was also described in a case series of 61 patients with HAM/TSP done in Lima, where more than 50% of the patients were born in an Andean region. 16,17 Of note, data from the 1993 National Census 18 indicated that the highest rate of lower-limb disability, which can be observed in HAM/TSP cases, occurred in the southern Andean regions of Peru, and, as also described for HAM/TSP, was more frequent in women than in men.…”