| [screening of sera from the adult populations of some ussr regions for antibodies to the human t-cell leukemia virus type i (htlv-i)]. | the results of serologic survey of 4118 residents of the ussr far east from 16 to 82 years of age and 1037 blood donors for antibody to htlv-i by the method of passive agglutination of gelatin particles coated with viral proteins are summarized. the portion of htlv-1 seropositive subjects in the khabarovsk territory was 1.79% (25 out of 1391), in the maritime territory 2.2% (18 out of 801), in the sakhalin island 1.6% (26 out of 1557), and in kamchatka 1.6% (6 out of 369). a discrete area of a h ... | 1990 | 2256315 |
| mycosis fungoides in european russia: no antibodies to human t cell leukemia virus type i structural proteins, but virus-like sequences in blood and saliva. | mycosis fungoides (mf) is the most frequent form of cutaneous t cell lymphoma (ctcl). human t cell leukemia virus type 1 (htlv-1) involvement in mf progression is a matter of debate. the goal of the investigation was to search for htlv-1 markers in a group of mf patients from a nonendemic area to htlv-1. | 2005 | 16024940 |
| [detection of htlv-i viral antibodies in donor blood samples]. | sera from 867 donors were tested for antibodies to the virus of t-lymphocyte leukemia of adults (htlv-i) in parallel by indirect immunofluorescence on acetone-fixed cells of hut-102 culture producing htlv-i and by agglutination test using a commercial set ("serodia-atla", japan). twelve (1.38%) out of 867 sera were positive in the agglutination test and only 7 of them in immunofluorescence test. the specificity of the results was verified by absorption experiments. the activity of the sera in th ... | 1989 | 2669334 |