Publications

prevalence of human t-cell leukemia virus antibody among heterosexuals living in amsterdam, the netherlands.	to determine the heterosexual spread of human t-cell leukemia virus (htlv-i) infections, a cohort of 472 individuals with more than 5 heterosexual partners in the 6 months before entry was studied. they were recruited from visitors to the clinic for sexually transmitted diseases of the municipal health service. half of the study group was born in the netherlands, 13% in surinam or the dutch antilles, and 8% in turkey or morocco. seventy percent were involved in commercial sex. three persons were ...	1990	2280259
low prevalence of human t-cell leukaemia virus-i and -ii infection among drug users in amsterdam, the netherlands.	the prevalence of human t-cell leukaemia virus-i and -ii infection was studied in a cohort of 346 intravenous and nonintravenous drug users in amsterdam. three participants (0.86%) had antibodies to htlv-i by two commercially available htlv-i enzyme immunoassays (eia). infection in these three subjects was confirmed by radioimmunoprecipitation assay. in the immunoblot study, only two of the three subjects were considered positive, since the serum of the third subject had antibodies to p24 only. ...	1991	1890409
[prevalence of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i among dutch blood donors].	objective. to establish the prevalence of human t-lymphotropic virus (htlv) type i among dutch blood donors. design. study to confirm screening results. setting. central laboratory of the blood transfusion service of the dutch red cross, section virus diagnostics, amsterdam. method. the majority (550,000) of the dutch blood donors were tested in the course of 1993 for presence of htlv antibodies. for serological confirmation using the western blot test, 20 of the 22 dutch blood banks sent in blo ...	1993	8272141
incidence of htlv-i/ii infection in seronegative high-risk individuals.	the frequency of human t-cell lymphotropic virus types i and ii (htlv-i/ii) polymerase chain reaction (pcr) reactivity was studied in two groups of high-risk individuals in amsterdam: hard drug users and heterosexual outpatients of the sexual transmitted diseases (std) clinic. both groups were seronegative as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), western blot (wb), and radioimmuno-precipitation assay (ripa). detection of htlv-i and htlv-ii in peripheral blood mononuclear cells ...	1993	8468567