Publications
| relationships of bovine leukemia virus prevalence in dairy herds and density of dairy cattle to human lymphocytic leukemia. | a case-control study was conducted to examine possible relationships between human acute lymphoid leukemia and exposure to dairy cattle and drinking of raw milk. two hundred twenty-three persons with acute lymphoid leukemia, diagnosed during the years 1969 to 1971 and 1973 to 1980 from the 87 most rural iowa counties, were accessed from case records at the iowa state health registry for participation in the present study. each person and 2 matched controls were interviewed for history of residen ... | 1987 | 3030166 |
| seroepidemiologic studies on the possible relationships of human and bovine leukemia: brief communication. | a seroepidemiologic study was conducted in an attempt to identify antibodies against the bovine leukemia virus (blv) in people exposed to cattle with lymphosarcoma. farm families, farm employees, and veterinarians in contact with cow herds having documented cases of lymphosarcoma were tested for precipitating antibodies to the blv with the agar gel immunodiffusion test. the cattle also were tested serologically. information was collected form the farm families regarding consumption of unpasteuri ... | 1977 | 197245 |