title: [Antibodies to the human T-cell leukemia virus in the blood serum of the inhabitants of Sakhalin and Iuzhno-Kuril'sk].
abstract: Two immunological tests were used in testing of 808 blood serum samples from inhabitants of Sakhalin and of the city of Yuzhno-Kurilsk for antibodies against HTLV-1 etiologically associated with human T-cell leukemia. Antibodies to HTLV-1 were detected in 4.2% of Nivkhs, 1.2% of Oroks and 1.5% of Russians. The highest level of virus-carriers reaching 6.0% was detected in Nivkhs from the middle part of Sakhalin. The antibodies were detected more often in persons of old age and in women.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000276:immunology; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006800:Deltaretrovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012800:Siberia
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Antitela k virusu T-kletochnogo leĭkoza cheloveka v syvorotke krovi u zhiteleĭ Sakhalina i Iuzhno-Kuril'ska.