Publications

endemic infection with human t cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type iib in argentinean and paraguayan indians: epidemiology and molecular characterization.	human t cell leukemia/lymphoma virus (htlv-ii) type ii infection was detected by polymerase chain reaction or serologic analyses (or both) in 22% of 697 indians of six different ethnic back-grounds inhabiting the argentinean and paraguayan gran chaco. none was infected with htlv-i. the prevalence of htlv-ii increased with age (14% in those < 13 years and 23% in those > or = 13 years). htlv-ii infection was found in all 20 gran chaco communities studied, but marked differences (44%-4%) in the rat ...	1996	8896494
high prevalence of htlv-i and htlv-ii among blood donors in argentina: a south american health concern.	after an htlv-i endemic area was discovered in jujuy, a northwestern province in argentina, to detect other possible foci of htlv-i/ii we started in 1997 a multicentric study to estimate the seroprevalence of htlv-i/ii including blood banks from different regions of the country. out of 123,233 samples from nine different provinces, 68 proved seropositive with a final prevalence of 0.05% (95% ci = 0.0432-0.0704%). the seroprevalence ranged from 0.03 to 0.16% depending on the geographic location. ...	2005	15665638