| chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus 2, and human t-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1 are not associated with grade of cervical neoplasia in jamaican colposcopy patients. | a few recent studies have suggested that other sexually transmitted infections may increase the likelihood of a human papillomavirus (hpv) infection progressing to high-grade cervical neoplasia and cancer. | 2003 | 12838087 |
| incidence of hiv and htlv-1 infection among sexually transmitted disease clinic attenders in jamaica. | of 970 sexually transmitted disease (std) patients enrolled at the comprehensive health centre, kingston, jamaica, between november 1990 and january 1991, 710 (73%, 333 men and 377 women) were reexamined between january 1992 and july 1993 to estimate the incidence of hiv and htlv-i infection and to identify risk factors for infection. of those reexamined, 20% were recruited passively when they returned to the clinic of their own accord, and 80% were recruited actively through field visits to the ... | 1997 | 9257658 |
| lack of relation between human t-lymphotropic virus type i infection and systemic lupus erythematosus in jamaica, west indies. | to determine whether systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) is associated with human t-lymphotropic virus, type i (htlv-i) infection in jamaica, an endemic area for the virus, we studied 63 patients with sle at the university hospital of the west indies in kingston. antibodies to htlv-i were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) technique using purified disrupted whole virus as antigen, with confirmation by p24 protein ria or competitive binding. four of 63 sle patients were htlv- ... | 1988 | 3216294 |
| human immunodeficiency virus and human t-lymphotropic virus type i infection among homosexual men in kingston, jamaica. | from august 1985 through january 1986, 125 homosexual or bisexual men from the kingston area were enrolled in a study to evaluate risk factors for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i). twelve men (10%) were seropositive for hiv and 6 (5%) for htlv-i; 1 man had possible coinfection with hiv and htlv-i. one third of the men reported having had homosexual encounters with foreign visitors or while travelling outside jamaica, and sexual cont ... | 1988 | 3216301 |
| mother-to-child transmission of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) in jamaica: association with antibodies to envelope glycoprotein (gp46) epitopes. | to study mother-to-child transmission of htlv-i in jamaica, we screened antenatal patients in kingston, jamaica, from 1983 to 1985. of 2,329 women, 81 (3.5%) were htlv-i seropositive. two to three years later, 36 seropositive mothers were recontacted, and blood was drawn from them and their children. all sera were tested for htlv-i antibodies, and mother's sera were additionally tested for htlv-i whole-virus antibody titer, syncytium-inhibition neutralizing antibody titer, and titers to six synt ... | 1993 | 7692038 |
| human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i and severe neoplasia of the cervix in jamaica. | human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) was associated with carcinoma of the cervix in japan in a recent study that compared hospital cases with healthy population-based controls. to test this relationship in women more alike for cervical neoplasia risk factors (including sexual behavior and human papilloma virus; hpv), we enrolled consecutive patients from a colposcopy clinic in kingston, jamaica (an htlv-i endemic area). patients underwent pap smear, colposcopy, biopsy and cervical swa ... | 1995 | 7705929 |
| retroviruses and schizophrenia in jamaica. | reports of an 18-fold higher incidence of schizophrenia among second-generation afro-caribbeans, and especially jamaican migrants in the united kingdom were soon called "an epidemic of schizophrenia," with the inference that a novel virus, likely to be perinatally transmitted, was a possible etiological agent. this intriguing observation led us to explore a possible link with human t-cell lymphotropic virus type one (htlv-i), because it is a virus that is endemic in the caribbean island, is peri ... | 1996 | 8871965 |
| risk factors for htlv-i among heterosexual std clinic attenders. | human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-i) status was assessed in 994 patients attending a sexually transmitted disease (std) clinic in kingston, jamaica, between november 1990 and january 1991 for a new std complaint. of 515 heterosexual men, 36 (7.0%) were htlv-i seropositive, as were 38 (7.9%) of 479 women. htlv-i seroprevalence increased with age in women. a history of blood transfusion was associated with htlv-i in both sexes, significantly so in men [odds ratio (or) 4.7, confidence in ... | 1995 | 7712238 |