[Search for antibodies against human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in blood donors and risk groups].
It was studied the presence of HTLV-I antibodies in 3,774 sera, 1,409 of them were from blood donors, 1,444 were from patients who had suffered from some sexually transmitted disease recently, and 921 from transfused patients. The DAVIH HTLV I (ELISA) and DAVIH BLOT HTLV I (Western Blot) systems produced at the DAVIH Laboratories (Havana, Cuba) were used for screening and confirmation, respectively. Of the 68 reactive sera utilized in the ELISA test, it was confirmed the presence of HTLV I/II antibodies in 2, whereas 12 were considered as undetermined by the Western Blot.
Silva Cabrera
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Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de la Defensa Civil.
Pérez Guevara
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Lubián Caballero
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de la Fuente Arzola
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Navea Leyva
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Cruz Sui
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D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D015153:Blotting, Western; D015897:Comorbidity; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000276:immunology; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000276:immunology; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology
D015686:Gene Products, env; D015683:Gene Products, gag; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies