title: [Detection of specific antibodies for HTLV in French blood donors].
abstract: HTLV infection was detected in normal French blood donors and haemophiliac patients using HTLV p24 radio-immunoassay. No positive was found in 772 sera from continental blood donors born in continental France or in foreign countries. Among 131 donors living in continental France and born in overseas territories, 2 (1.5%) were found to possess anti-HTLV p24 antibodies. Similarly in a sample of 1 239 donors collected in Martinique, 1.5% were positive. No positive had been found in a sample of 142 continental haemophiliacs.
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001782:Blood Donors; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D005602:France; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Détection d'anticorps spécifiques du HTLV chez les donneurs de sang français.