| seroprevalence of htlv-i/ii in blood donors in monterrey, mexico. | the prevalence of antibodies against human t-cell lymphotrophic virus (htlv-i/ii) in blood donors from the city of monterrey, mexico was investigated. we found that 4 out of 1017 sera (0.39%) reacted against htlv-i/ii, as determined by a passive agglutination test (pa). however, none of pa-positive sera reacted to htlv-i/ii specific polypeptides as demonstrated by western blot. these findings indicate that the population of monterrey has very low or no seroprevalence for htlv-i/ii. | 1996 | 8867376 |