title: Serologic survey for HTLV-I in Kanagawa Prefecture.
abstract: To investigate the seroprevalence of HTLV-I in Kanagawa Prefecture (central Japan), we tested the sera of 8,264 healthy volunteers and 2,414 pregnant women. Of the 8,264 healthy volunteers, 66 (0.80%) were seropositive. The seroprevalence of HTLV-I in the pregnant women was 14/2,414 (0.58%), and this rate was almost identical to that in the healthy female volunteers 15 to 44 years of age (0.59%). These figures indicate that the seroprevalence of HTLV-I in Kanagawa Prefecture is very low and that sexual contact may not be an important contributory factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masuhara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saeki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies