Seroepidemiology of human T-cell leukemia virus type-I in the Republic of Korea.
We investigated the prevalence of antibodies to human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) associated antigens in various patients and healthy individuals in the Republic of Korea. Seventeen out of 6,255 individuals (0.27%) were seropositive. The positive rate in males was 0.21% and that in females was 0.36%, the sex difference being similar to that in endemic areas in Japan. HTLV-I carriers were found in Seoul and neighboring areas, but not in Busan city or Jeju Island, which are adjacent to Kyushu, Japan. The prevalence of sera with definite anti HTLV-I antibodies seems to be very low in the Republic of Korea.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015480:Deltaretrovirus Antibodies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan; D007723:Korea; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D013624:Taiwan; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015480:Deltaretrovirus Antibodies