| high prevalence of htlv-i infection among the family members of a patient with adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma from northeastern japan. | human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) is transmitted through infected lymphocytes mostly by breast feeding. in the present study, high prevalence of htlv-i infection was disclosed in the family members of a patient with adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma (atl), all of whom were residents of iwate, northeastern japan. long-term follow-up is necessary for people with htlv-i infection because of the risk of developing atl after a certain period of latency. new inventive treatments for the acu ... | 1999 | 10331515 |
| a study of adult t-cell leukemia virus (atlv) infection in the field of obstetrics: its epidemiology, vertical transmission and familial clustering. | nine hundred and seventy-one healthy individuals in iwate prefecture, 659 pregnant women in ishigaki island, 487 pregnant women in chiba prefecture and 108 familial members of the atla-ab-positive pregnant women (pregnant carrier women) were tested for atla-ab by the pa, eia and wb tests. 1) the rate of agreement of eia with the pa test was 88.4% and there were no false negative sera by both examinations. these results indicate the both tests are available for mass screening. 2) in iwate and chi ... | 1991 | 1676586 |