Publications

prevalence of antibody to human t cell lymphotropic virus types 1/2 among aboriginal groups inhabiting northern argentina and the amazon region of peru.	we carried out a seroepidemiologic survey to define the prevalence of human t cell lymphotropic virus types 1/2 (htlv-1/2) infections among aboriginal populations from isolated regions of northern argentina and the amazon region of peru. antibodies against htlv were measured with agglutination tests and confirmed with by an immunofluorescence assay (ifa) and western blotting. five (6.94%) of 72 samples from the tobas indians in argentina were positive by the ifa; two samples were typed as htlv-1 ...	1999	10348238
seroepidemiology of htlv-i/ii in argentina: an overview.	in this report, the results of seroepidemiologic studies of human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) and type ii (htlv-ii) infections in different population groups in argentina have been compiled. the studies have shown a high prevalence of htlv-i/ii infection in blood donors in the provinces in the north of argentina (1.0% in jujuy, 0.7% in salta, and 0.6% in formosa) and a low prevalence in the provinces in the central region of the country (<or=0.1%). high rates of htlv-i (0.45%-2.78%) and ...	2004	15076246