LACK OF EXPOSURE TO HTLV1 AMONG ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS OF OPERATION SOLOMON (1991) ARRIVING TO THE JERUSALEM AREA

Authors
MAAYAN S VARDINON N YAZKAN R COHEN E BENYISHAI F YUST I
Citation
S. Maayan et al., LACK OF EXPOSURE TO HTLV1 AMONG ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS OF OPERATION SOLOMON (1991) ARRIVING TO THE JERUSALEM AREA, Israel journal of medical sciences, 29(6-7), 1993, pp. 393-395
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Israel journal of medical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00212180
Volume
29
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
393 - 395
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-2180(1993)29:6-7<393:LOETHA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
HTLV1 antibodies were tested in a group of 740 Ethiopian immigrants wh o arrived in Israel in Operation Solomon, 1991 HTLV1 antibodies were n ot found in a single individual. This survey and previous ones conduct ed on 314 immigrants of the 1984-85 Operation Moses suggest that HTLV1 infection is not present among Ethiopian immigrants residing in Israe l.