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natural antibodies to human t-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus in healthy venezuelan populations.	serum samples of 769 healthy venezuelan donors were assayed for natural antibodies to htlv-i by the elisa technique. specific htlv-i antibody prevalence was 6.8% but varied from 1% in caracas to 13.7% in the amazonas region and the state of zulia. adults infected with trypanosoma cruzi had the highest htlv-i antibody prevalence of 15%. areas of high antibody prevalence were correlated most strongly with the presence of arthropod-borne diseases and to a lesser extent with socio-economic factors. ...	1984	6092282
[seropositivity for human t-lymphotropic virus types i and ii among donors at the municipal blood bank of caracas and associated risk factors].	to conduct research at the municipal blood bank of caracas (mbbc) and find out the proportion of blood units discarded for being seropositive for human t-lymphotropic virus (htlv) types i and ii, the prevalence of that infection among their donors, and the probable risk factors for that infection among those htlv-positive donors.	2003	12744787