| comparison of western immunoblot antigens and interpretive criteria for detection of antibody to human t-lymphotropic virus types i and ii. | twenty human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) antibody-positive sera from japan, hawaii, and the marshall islands and 15 htlv type ii (htlv-ii) antibody-positive sera from intravenous drug users in the united states were tested by immunoblotting with two recombinant htlv-i proteins and three commercial kits to determine whether there were any differences in reactions between htlv-i- and htlv-ii-positive sera by the western immunoblot method and, also, to evaluate the ability of these reagent ... | 1990 | 1977764 |