| epidemic patterns of hepatitis type b virus (hbv) and human t lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) in two atl-endemic islands in kyushu, japan. | to evaluate the relationships between human t lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) and hepatitis virus type b (hbv) infections, we compared both individual and geographical distributions of carriers of htlv-i and hbv, and antibody positives to hbv in two atl-endemic islands in kyushu, japan. the positive rates of antibodies to htlv-i (anti-htlv-i-ab) in sera among healthy inhabitants older than 30 years of age were 27.5% (617/2,232) in nakadohri, goto island and 24.0% (500/2,048) in shimo-agata, t ... | 1991 | 1805134 |