title: Absence of antibodies to HTLV-1 in sera from Hungarian MS patients.
abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and anti-human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) antibody. Serum samples from 16 Hungarian caucasians with MS, 2 gipsy patients with MS, 13 Hungarian caucasians with other neurological diseases (OND) and 2 gipsy patients with OND were tested by Western blot combined with autoradiography using disrupted virus from MT-2 cell line and recombinant p24 as antigens. Negative results were obtained in all samples except for 3 Hungarian OND which were reactive to disrupted virus, but not to recombinant p24.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Pécs Medical School, Hungary.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pálffy
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunishita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tabira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001345:Autoradiography; D015153:Blotting, Western; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies