seroprevalence of human t-lymphotropic virus type i or ii in sexually transmitted disease clinic patients in the usa. | serum specimens from patients attending sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics in denver and several southeastern us cities were tested for antibody to human t-lymphotropic virus type i or ii (htlv-i/ii). in denver, 8 (2.1%) of 384 patients with a history of intravenous (iv) drug use, versus none of 201 non-iv-drug users, were htlv-i/ii seropositive. only 2 (0.18%) of 1095 std clinic patients from the southeastern usa had antibodies to htlv-i/ii. these data document a low prevalence of htlv- ... | 1990 | 2192006 |