| [search for antibodies against human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) in blood donors and risk groups]. | it was studied the presence of htlv-i antibodies in 3,774 sera, 1,409 of them were from blood donors, 1,444 were from patients who had suffered from some sexually transmitted disease recently, and 921 from transfused patients. the davih htlv i (elisa) and davih blot htlv i (western blot) systems produced at the davih laboratories (havana, cuba) were used for screening and confirmation, respectively. of the 68 reactive sera utilized in the elisa test, it was confirmed the presence of htlv i/ii an ... | 1997 | 9685956 |
| [human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i infection in patients with lymphoproliferative disorders at two sentinel sites in cuba]. | to determine the prevalence of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) infection among patients with lymphoproliferative disorders, as well as among their family members and sexual contacts, at two sentinel sites in cuba. | 2010 | 20209227 |
| infection with human herpesvirus type 8 and human t-cell leukaemia virus type 1 among individuals participating in a case-control study in havana city, cuba. | infection with human herpesvirus type 8 and with human t-cell leukaemia virus type-1 shows strong geographic variations. we conducted this study to assess prevalence and risk factors for human herpesvirus type 8 infection in havana city, cuba. information and residual serum samples already collected for a hospital based case-control study were used. a total of 379 individuals (267 males and 112 females; median age=63 years) were evaluated. antibodies to the lytic antigen of human herpesvirus typ ... | 2002 | 12439714 |