| confirming the presence of htlv-1 infection and the absence of htlv-2 in blood donors from arequipa, peru. | epidemiological studies conducted in peru disclosed htlv-1 to be prevalent in different ethnic groups, and found htlv-2 in some amazonian indians and in men who have sex with men. no data concerning htlv-1/2 infection in blood donors from arequipa, a highlands region in southern peru, is available. we searched for the presence of htlv-1 and htlv-2 antibodies in 2,732 serum samples obtained from blood donors from this geographic area. htlv-1/2-specific antibodies were detected using an enzyme-lin ... | 2009 | 19229387 |
| prevalence of human retroviral infection in quillabamba and cuzco, peru: a new endemic area for human t cell lymphotropic virus type 1. | an epidemiologic study was conducted to determine the prevalence of retroviral infections among people of qucchua origin in cuzco and quillabamba, peru. the study volunteers included individuals at low and at high risk for retroviral infections. each volunteer was interviewed to obtain clinical and epidemiologic data, and to identify risk behaviors for infection. the serum was tested for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) and human t cell lymphotropic virus types 1/2 (htlv-1/2) by stand ... | 1997 | 9180608 |