title: Antibodies to human immuno-deficiency virus and human T-cell leukemia virus type I in Japanese patients with hematologic malignancies.
abstract: One thousand six hundred and seventy-four blood samples drawn between January 1980 and April 1986 from 1454 Japanese, including 251 leukemia, 409 lymphoma, 76 adult T-cell leukemia and 25 benign lymphadenitis patients, were tested for antibodies to HIV and HTLV-I. No patient with lymphadenitis or lymphoma associated with HIV infection was found. In 87 patients with acute and chronic leukemias who had received multiple transfusions, 8 were positive for anti-HTLV-I antibody after blood transfusions amounting to 115 units, on average, while no patient was positive for anti-HIV antibody. Overall, no sample was positive for anti-HIV antibody, whereas 153 (10.5%) were positive for anti-HTLV-I antibody. These results indicate that the transmission of HIV by blood transfusions is far less prevalent than that of HTLV-I in Tokyo at present.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000635:transmission; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D015480:Deltaretrovirus Antibodies; D006800:Deltaretrovirus Infections / Q000635:transmission; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007938:Leukemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000382:microbiology*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015480:Deltaretrovirus Antibodies; D015483:HIV Antibodies