| [infection with htlv virus type i-ii in patients with cervico-uterine cancer in the yucatan peninsula, mexico]. | southwestern japan is an endemic zone with high prevalence of htlv-i infection. in addition, a relation between cancer of the cervix and this retrovirus has been described. a recent study has demonstrated a low prevalence of htlv-i/ii infection in yucatan, mexico. however, cancer of the cervix is the most frequent oncological disease in this region. the objective of this study was to determine the relationship between cancer of the cervix and the htlv-i/ii infection. sera from 123 patients with ... | 1997 | 9280739 |
| human t lymphotropic virus type ii (htlv-ii) infection among female prostitutes in yucatan, mexico. | the antibodies to human t-lymphotropic virus type i/ii (htlv-i/ii) were determined in non-intravenous drug-using female prostitutes from merida yucatan, mexico. serum specimens from 282 female prostitutes collected during 1990 were tested initially by enzyme immunoassay and further confirmed by western blot assays. of these, 5 (1.8%, 95% confidence interval 0.2 to 3.3) were shown to be htlv-i/ii positive (reactivity to p24gag and gp68/r21eenv). all five specimens were shown to be infected with h ... | 1993 | 8213887 |
| [infection by human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i/ii in polytransfused patients in the state of yucatán, mexico]. | the relationship between several disorders, including adult t-cell leukaemia, and htlv i/ii virus infection has been clearly demonstrated. in order to assess the prevalence of such viral infection in a group of multiple-transfusion patients in the state of yucatan, mexico, a study was carried out on 140 patients with anti-htlv-i/ii antibodies demonstrated by elisa and sensitized particles agglutination test. the patients had received 447 units of blood or blood components as a whole, and the mea ... | 1994 | 7910984 |
| co-infection by the human t-cell lymphotropic virus type ii in patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus in yucatan, mexico. | the htlv-ii infection has been reported in patients with hiv infection as often in asymptomatic as those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of htlv-ii infection in a group of patients infected by hiv in our region, as well as determining the risk factors associated with htlv-ii transmission in this group of patients and its impact on the clinical course of hiv infection. | 2006 | 16513486 |