| antibody to human retroviruses among drug users in three east coast american cities, 1972-1976. | between 1972 and 1976, 585 persons attending methadone maintenance clinics at east coast veterans hospitals were enrolled in a survey of hepatitis antibody prevalence. sera were tested for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and human t lymphotropic virus (htlv) using both htlv-i and htlv-ii immunoblots. clinical and death records were also reviewed. none of the sera had hiv antibodies (upper 95% confidence limit, 0.5%); however, 103 (18%) had reactivity to htlv. the profile of reactivity suggest ... | 1991 | 1670608 |
| concomitant infection of htlv-i and hiv-1: prevalence of igg and igm antibodies in washington, d.c. area. | serum samples collected from four groups of individuals in the washington, d.c. area were examined for the presence of igg and igm classes of antibody reacting against htlv-i and hiv-1. these four groups were: (1) healthy adults with negative premarital vdrl test for syphilis (n = 113), (2) miscellaneous common disease patients (n = 155), (3) drug abusers (n = 130), and (4) homosexual men (n = 187). the former two groups are considered to be low-risk groups, and the latter two, high-risk groups. ... | 1988 | 2904886 |
| absence of human t-lymphotropic virus type i tax sequences in a population of normal blood donors in the baltimore, md/washington, dc, area: results from a multicenter study. | it was reported recently that sequences corresponding to the human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) tax gene were detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 8 to 11 percent of healthy blood donors without detectable antibodies to htlv-i. a multicenter blind study was conducted to determine if these results could be independently confirmed. | 1999 | 10504129 |