| decreased survival of htlv-i carriers in leprosy patients from the democratic republic of the congo: a historical prospective study. | in this historical prospective study using sera stored for 22 years, we investigated the effect of htlv-i infection on survival in a population of leprosy patients in the democratic republic of the congo (formerly zaire). we also determined the distribution of htlv-i by subpopulation, age, and gender. stored sera taken from a population of leprosy patients and controls in 1969 were tested for htlv-i. follow-up survival data on these patients were obtained in 1991. the sera collected in 1969 from ... | 1997 | 9342260 |
| human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) among female prostitutes in kinshasa, zaire. | three hundred seventy-seven prostitutes from kinshasa, zaire, were enrolled in a study to determine associated risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) and human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) infection. twelve samples (3.2%) were seropositive for htlv-i; results for hiv-1 (101 [26.8%]) are reported elsewhere. htlv-i prevalence increased with age, and seven of the seropositive women originated from the equateur region, a remote area in northwestern zaire. the preva ... | 1990 | 2345292 |
| a cluster of htlv-1 associated tropical spastic paraparesis in equateur (zaire): ethnic and familial distribution. | in lisala, equateur province, zaire, 25 patients from 21 pedigrees were identified with human t-lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) associated tropical spastic paraparesis (tsp). in the 10 (48%) pedigrees with additional genuine tsp cases established mainly by history, seven of 10 patients' mothers, no fathers or spouses, one of 59 surviving offspring, five of 105 siblings, and six other close blood relatives had tsp. a child may develop tsp before its mother. three familial cases were in paterna ... | 1990 | 2303831 |
| htlv seroepidemiology in a central african population with high incidence of tropical spastic paraparesis. | in lisala (equateur region, zaire), where a cluster of tropical spastic paraparesis/htlv-1 associated myelopathy (tsp/ham) was described, 28/200 (14%) out-patients and hospital personnel were htlv antibody positive. no differences in prevalences were observed between out-patients and hospital personnel or between ethnic groups. the annual attack rate of tsp/ham is estimated at 0.15-0.3 per 1000 infected. the ethnic and familial clustering of tsp/ham together with the high attack rate suggests th ... | 1990 | 2091355 |
| htlv-i infection among prostitutes and pregnant women in kinshasa, zaïre: how important is high-risk sexual behavior? | high-risk sexual behavior as risk factor for human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) infection was assessed in cross-sectional studies with 1,183 prostitutes and 1,166 pregnant women in kinshasa, zaire. eighty six (7.3%) prostitutes were positive for htlv-i. the seroprevalence among prostitutes from the regions along the equator was 12.7%, whereas among prostitutes from the other regions it ranged between 0 and 4.3%. in the prostitutes from the high-prevalence regions, but not in the pro ... | 1995 | 7697449 |