Strongyloidiasis influences the elevation of adult T-cell leukemia-associated antigen antibody titer.
We have carried out a seroepidemiological study on the infectious situation of adult T-cell leukemia and strongyloidiasis in Okinawa and in the south-western islands of Japan. The mean titer of adult T-cell leukemia virus-associated antigen (ATLA) antibody of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) carriers with strongyloidiasis was significantly higher than that of HTLV-1 carriers without strongyloidiasis. This suggests the possibility that strongyloidiasis is also associated with an elevation of the ATLA antibody titer.
Satoh
M
M
Department of Medical Zoology, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
Tsukidate
S
S
Fujita
K
K
Yamamoto
K
K
D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000276:immunology*
D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C028388:thymus-leukemia antigens