| epidemiological features of htlv-i carriers and incidence of atl in an atl-endemic island: a report of the community-based co-operative study in tsushima, japan. | to extend the epidemiological study on adult t-cell leukemia-lymphoma (atl) in japan, the geographical and demographic characteristics of carriers of human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) and patients with atl were analyzed in tsushima island, which is one of the typical endemic areas of atl in kyushu, japan. even on the small island of tsushima (710 km2; pop. 48,875; 123 villages), the positive rates of anti-htlv-i antibody among the 58 villages studied varied from 2% to 50%, a fact that i ... | 1987 | 2891624 |
| high prevalence of arthropathy in htlv-i carriers on a japanese island. | to determine the aetiological relationship between human t cell leukaemia virus type-i (htlv-i) and arthritis, by performing an epidemiological study of the inhabitants of tsushima, an island northwest of the main island of kyushu, japan, which is an endemic area of htlv-i. | 1996 | 8712884 |
| absence of htlv-i infection among seronegative subjects in an endemic area of japan. | to examine the prevalence of infection by human t-cell leukemia virus type i (htlv-i) among seronegative subjects, healthy subjects on tsushima island, japan, where the infection is endemic, were evaluated. a total of 209 healthy adults were examined for htlv-i provirus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by the polymerase chain reaction (pcr), as well as for anti-htlv-i antibodies by the particle agglutination (pa) method, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and by immunofluorescenc ... | 1993 | 8097497 |
| 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 |