Sporadic carriers of human T-lymphotropic virus type I in northern Egypt.
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%).
el-Farrash
M A
MA
Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University.
Badr
M F
MF
Hawas
S A
SA
el-Nashar
N M
NM
Imai
J
J
Komoda
H
H
Hinuma
Y
Y
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
D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies