| htlv-1 associated t cell lymphoma in south east asia: case report and family study. | geographic clustering of human t cell lymphoma/leukaemia virus type 1 (htlv-1) infection is well recognised, particularly in south western japan, parts of west and central africa, the south eastern united states and the caribbean islands. sporadic cases have been reported in many other parts of the world. the first case of htlv-1 associated leukaemia/lymphoma (atll) in south east asia is reported. contact tracing showed a high incidence of carriers among the relatives. | 1991 | 1890205 |
| evidence of htlv-i infection in singapore prostitutes. | sera obtained in 1987 from 63 male and 632 female singapore prostitutes were screened for antibody to human t-cell leukaemia virus (htlv)-i with a particle agglutination test. of the 3 males and 4 females who were positive one had antibody to htlv-i core and envelope antigen on western blot. two subjects had presumptive antibody to htlv-i core antigen and a third subject had such antibody on a repeat specimen in 1989. these sera were negative for hiv-1 antibody. there is evidence of infection wi ... | 1991 | 1863647 |
| prevalence of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i infection in singapore: a preliminary report. | human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) infection is endemic in southwestern japan, the caribbean basin, colombia, africa and in several isolated populations in papua new guinea, the solomon islands and vanuatu. to determine the seroprevalence of htlv-i infection in singapore, we tested sera from 115 hospitalized patients with acute nephritis, 50 patients with suspected leptospirosis, 34 patients with non-a, non-b hepatitis, and from 28 healthy volunteers for igg antibodies against htlv- ... | 1991 | 1823807 |