Publications
| htlv-i antibody studies in villagers in east sepik province, papua new guinea. | serum samples collected in 1984 during a malariometric survey of two villages in the east sepik province of papua new guinea were tested for antibodies to htlv-i. none of the villagers showed any symptoms suggestive of retrovirus infection. eighteen of the 186 (9.5%) sera tested at that time were found to be positive. blood samples were subsequently obtained from fifteen of the eighteen positives and subjected to analysis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), radioimmuno assay (ria), rad ... | 1990 | 2222189 |
| epidemiology of human t cell leukemia virus type i infection in east sepik province, papua new guinea. | a serological survey of 317 healthy residents of rural papua new guinea (png) showed a 26% prevalence of antibodies to human t cell leukemia virus type i (htlv-i). antibody to htlv-i was detected in 16% of children less than or equal to 10 years old (including an 18-month-old child) and increased to greater than or equal to 24% in subjects greater than 20 years old. prospective examination for antibody in 104 residents of one village revealed a seroconversion rate of 13% over a one-year period. ... | 1987 | 2883238 |