title: Sporadic carriers of human T-lymphotropic virus type I in northern Egypt.
abstract: Sera from 3,158 individuals living in northern Egypt were tested for the presence of antibodies against human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) by the newly developed particle agglutination (PA) test. Ten sera gave a positive reaction in the PA test. Eight of these sera were examined further by Western blotting and all of them gave several bands corresponding to HTLV-I structural proteins. Two of the 8 sera gave positive results in the indirect immunofluorescence test. The results indicate the presence of HTLV-I carriers in this area, although at very low incidence (0.063%).
authors.affiliation: Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: el-Farrash
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Badr
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hawas
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: el-Nashar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Komoda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hinuma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D004534:Egypt; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies