HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA-VIRUS TYPE-1 (HTLV-I) ANTIBODIES IN HEALTHY POPULATIONS AND RENAL TRANSPLANTED PATIENTS IN THE NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL

Authors
LINHARES MIS EIZURU Y DEANDRADE GP FONSECA IB JUNIOR LBC MOREIRA IT MINAMISHIMA Y
Citation
Mis. Linhares et al., HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA-VIRUS TYPE-1 (HTLV-I) ANTIBODIES IN HEALTHY POPULATIONS AND RENAL TRANSPLANTED PATIENTS IN THE NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL, Microbiology and immunology, 38(6), 1994, pp. 475-478
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
Microbiology and immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03855600
Volume
38
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
475 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
0385-5600(1994)38:6<475:HTLT(A>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The seroprevalence of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infe ction was investigated in Brazilians (570): native inhabitants (298) a nd descendants from Japanese (272) living in Recife and its neighborho ods-North-east of Brazil. Furthermore, polytransfused renal transplant ed patients (54) were also examined for the serological status to this virus. The seropositivity to HTLV-1, screened by enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA), was low: 1.34% for the local population and 0.7 3% for the descendants from Japanese. However, the seropositivity for the renal transplanted patients was found to be 11.1%. This higher val ue suggests that this retrovirus infection seems to be of importance i n this clinical condition.