Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) antibodies in healthy populations and renal transplanted patients in the north-east of Brazil.
The seroprevalence of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection was investigated in Brazilians (570): native inhabitants (298) and descendants from Japanese (272) living in Recife and its neighborhoods--North-east of Brazil. Furthermore, polytransfused renal transplanted patients (54) were also examined for the serological status to this virus. The seropositivity to HTLV-1, screened by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), was low: 1.34% for the local population and 0.73% for the descendants from Japanese. However, the seropositivity for the renal transplanted patients was found to be 11.1%. This higher value suggests that this retrovirus infection seems to be of importance in this clinical condition.
Linhares
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Laboratorio de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami, Setor de Virologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Eizuru
Y
Y
de Andrade
G P
GP
Fonseca
I B
IB
Carvalho Júnior
L B
LB
Moreira
I T
IT
Minamishima
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence
D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G