Lack of exposure to HTLV1 among Ethiopian immigrants of operation Solomon (1991) arriving to the Jerusalem area.
HTLV1 antibodies were tested in a group of 740 Ethiopian immigrants who arrived in Israel in Operation Solomon, 1991. HTLV1 antibodies were not found in a single individual. This survey and previous ones conducted on 314 immigrants of the 1984-85 Operation Moses suggest that HTLV1 infection is not present among Ethiopian immigrants residing in Israel.
Maayan
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S
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Vardinon
N
N
Yazkan
R
R
Cohen
E
E
Ben-Yishai
F
F
Yust
I
I
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D002648:Child; D015480:Deltaretrovirus Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D015480:Deltaretrovirus Antibodies