| htlv among israeli intravenous drug abusers. | since human t lymphotropic virus (htlv) infection was recently described in israel and other middle eastern countries, we have investigated the presence of htlv type 1 and type 2 in a group of 299 intravenous (iv) drug abusers who were seen at a large methadone clinic in the tel aviv area in 1986-1987. we found that 1.3% were seropositive to htlv. further testing revealed that htlv1 was the only htlv serotype. in addition, no coinfection hiv1/htlv1 and no hiv2 infection were detected. since all ... | 1992 | 1468865 |