| a pathologic study of childhood lymphoma in taiwan with special reference to peripheral t-cell lymphoma and the association with epstein-barr viral infection. | the authors retrospectively reviewed the clinicopathologic and immunologic features of 65 consecutive cases of childhood lymphoma reported between 1980 and 1989. southern blot hybridization was also performed in 23 cases to study their association with epstein-barr virus (ebv) and human t-cell leukemia virus type 1 (htlv-1). the 65 cases included 56 non-hodgkin's lymphoma (nhl) (86%) and 9 hodgkin's disease (hd) (14%). the nhl could be classified into the following groups: group i, small nonclea ... | 1991 | 1655230 |
| seroepidemiology of human t-cell leukemia virus type-i in the republic of korea. | we investigated the prevalence of antibodies to human t-cell leukemia virus type i (htlv-i) associated antigens in various patients and healthy individuals in the republic of korea. seventeen out of 6,255 individuals (0.27%) were seropositive. the positive rate in males was 0.21% and that in females was 0.36%, the sex difference being similar to that in endemic areas in japan. htlv-i carriers were found in seoul and neighboring areas, but not in busan city or jeju island, which are adjacent to k ... | 1986 | 2871003 |
| seroepidemiology of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i infection in taiwan. | the epidemiological characteristics of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i infection in taiwan have been explored by an island-wide community-based survey, which was carried out among residents in 19 townships and metropolitan precincts randomly selected through stratified sampling. serum specimens of 7278 healthy subjects were screened by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and confirmed by western blot method. a total of 103 subjects showed positive or weak reactions by enzyme-linked immunoso ... | 1988 | 2900678 |
| molecular subtyping of human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) by a nested polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the envelope gene: two distinct lineages of htlv-i in taiwan. | the major type of human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i), generally referred to as the cosmopolitan type, has been grouped into three subtypes (a, b, and c) by phylogenetic analysis of the long terminal repeat sequences of the viral genome. twelve subtype-specific nucleotide variations have been deduced by comparison between the envelope (env) sequences of 16 htlv-i strains with defined subtypes and 9 taiwanese htlv-i strains. to gain further insights into the molecular epidemiology of htlv- ... | 1997 | 8986945 |
| community-based molecular epidemiology of htlv type i in taiwan and kinmen: implication of the origin of the cosmopolitan subtype in northeast asia. | to understand the possible origin and dissemination of htlv-i infection in northeast asia, community-based molecular epidemiological studies were conducted on the kinmen islands (off the coast of fukien province, china) and in taiwan. a total of 3831 taiwanese from 3 townships (pu-li, chu-dung, and pu-tze) and 993 aborigines from 4 tribes in taiwan participated in this study. the prevalence rates of htlv-i infection in adult residents from pu-li, chu-dung, and pu-tze were 0.82, 1.72, and 1.63%, ... | 1999 | 10052753 |
| seroprevalence of cmv antibodies in a blood donor population and premature neonates in the south-central taiwan. | infection of cytomegalovirus (cmv) via contaminated blood may endanger immunocompromised patients that require transfusion therapy. the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of cmv antibodies in the blood donor population in southern-central taiwan. a total of 1800 consecutive sera, obtained from tainan blood center of chinese blood services foundation (cbsf), were tested for cmv antibodies by two commercial enzyme immunoassays (eias). of the sera tested, 150 (8.3%) were found to be c ... | 1999 | 10603708 |
| seroprevalence and demographic characteristics of htlv-i among blood donors in taiwan: 1996-1999. | screening for the human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) and-ii in blood donors was implemented in taiwan beginning in february 1996. the purpose of the present study was to investigate the changes in htlv-i seroprevalence in all unpaid blood donors in taiwan during the period from february 1996 to december 1999 and to determine the influence of age and sex on the htlv-i seropositivity of donors. htlv-i and htlv-ii screening was performed using combined htlv-i/ii immunoassay. repeated r ... | 2001 | 11721972 |
| distribution and prognosis of who lymphoma subtypes in taiwan reveals a low incidence of germinal-center derived tumors. | to assess the distribution of lymphomas in taiwan according to the who (world health organization) classification, 175 recently diagnosed cases of malignant lymphomas were studied and the clinicopathologic data were analyzed. b-cell lymphomas accounted for 57.1% of cases, t-cell lymphomas 38.9%, and hodgkin's lymphoma 4%. extranodal lymphomas predominated (55.4%). the most common subtype of b-cell lymphoma was diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (33.1%). all tumor types believed to be derived from ger ... | 2004 | 15359636 |
| presence of htlv-i proviral dna in patients with adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma in taiwan. | human t-lymphotropic virus-i (htlv-i) proviral dna was demonstrated in the leukemic cells of two newly identified cases of adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma (atl) in taiwan by the southern blot hybridization method. therefore, the atl cases diagnosed clinicopathologically in taiwan were, for the first time, documented to be definitely related to htlv-i. | 1988 | 2899453 |