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post-transfusional human retrovirus infection in 41 italian beta-thalassemic patients.	previous studies have demonstrated that htlv-i is present in italy both in endemic form in southern apulia and in epidemic form among the population of intravenous drug addicts. in the present paper we intend to evaluate the risk for transfusional htlv-i transmission in our country, as well as the already known risk for hiv1.	1992	1398283
htlv-i and htlv-ii infections in subjects at risk for hiv-i infection from southeastern italy (apulia region).	to assess the prevalence of htlv-i and htlv-ii infections in different groups at risk for hiv-i infection, a study on 867 subjects was carried out by means of serological and pcr analyses. serum specimens were collected from 268 intravenous drug users (ivdu), 66 homosexual men, 248 subjects with sexually transmitted diseases (std), 105 thalassemics and 180 hemophiliacs. sera from 3 ivdu and a sample from an std patient were confirmed as htlv-ii seropositive; a thalassemic patient was seropositiv ...	1996	8631585