Screening for HTLV-1 in healthy blood donors in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.
Of 1089 healthy blood donors screened for HTLV-1 using ABBOTTS HTLV-1 EIA: 18 (1.7%) were positive; and 16 (1.5%) were confirmed positive using HTLV-1/11 Cambridge Biothec Western Blot method. HTLV-1 antibodies were found amongst the major ethnic groups, viz. Africans, 11 cases (68.75%) and East Indians 4 cases (25%). The mean age of the donors who tested positive for HTLV-1 was 30.75 years; and the male to female ratio was 4.3:1.
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Department of Pathology, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.
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Landeau
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Jackman
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Batson
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Gomez-Adams
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D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D000367:Age Factors; D001782:Blood Donors; D015153:Blotting, Western; D005260:Female; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago / Q000453:epidemiology
D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies