| human t lymphotropic virus i in indonesia. very low seroprevalence in the jakarta area: antibodies in healthy blood donors and in various nonhematological diseases. | human t lymphotropic virus i (htlv-i) is a retrovirus associated with adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma, tropical spastic paraparesis and possibly with other diseases. the actual incidence of htlv-i carriers in asia and africa is difficult to assess and values of 0-37% have been reported. a study in papua new guinea by yamaguchi et al. [6]found 1.8% positive for antibody to htlv-i and this area is geographically close to the eastern part of indonesia. a collaborative study was carried out to establ ... | 2000 | 10971124 |