| [htlv-i/ii seroprevalence and risk factors associated with infection in a blood donor population in córdoba, argentina]. | in this study we have determined the seroprevalence of infections by htlv-i/ii in the blood donor population from the city of córdoba. a total of 5476 blood donor sera were screened for htlv-i/ii antibodies by particle agglutination assay (pa) (serodia htlv-i, fujirebio inc, tokyo, japan). the reactive sera samples were confirmed by an "in house" indirect immunofluorescence assay (ifa). 14 out of 5476 blood donors studied were pa reactive and were confirmed positive by ifa, showing a prevalence ... | 2001 | 11594010 |
| retrospective study of the prevalence of human t-cell lymphotropic virus-type 1/2, hiv, and hbv in pregnant women in argentina. | this study shows first data on htlv-1/2 seroprevalence among pregnant women in the non-endemic region of argentina. in a retrospective study a representative sample (n = 3,143) of the pregnant women registered in the health public service in the province of córdoba was evaluated. htlv-1/2 seroprevalence was 0.191% +/- 0.0857 [ic 0.022-0.359]. this prevalence was 10 times higher in pregnant women than in blood donors [0.019 (4/21.183)]. the pregnant women would reflect the epidemiology of the gen ... | 2007 | 17935192 |