[presence of htlv-i antibodies in patients with sexually transmitted diseases]. | the prevalence of human t-lymphotropic type i virus (htlv-i) among patients with sexually-transmitted diseases is studied in russia. primary screening of antibodies to htlv-i in the sera was carried out by enzyme immunoassay with recombinant gag and env htlv-i-specific antigens synthesized in escherichia coli. for secondary screening, serodia htlv-i and vironostika microelisa system kits were used. none of the 1271 serum samples collected in the towns of perm and ekaterinburg was htlv-i-positive ... | 1998 | 9702811 |