| anti-htlv-iii and anti-htlv-i antibodies and t cell subsets in hemophiliacs living in htlv-i endemic and nonendemic areas of japan. | sera from 154 hemophiliacs, including 132 with hemophilia a and 22 with hemophilia b, were examined for antibodies against human t cell lymphotropic virus type iii (htlv-iii) and type i by strip radioimmunoassay based on the western blotting technique. sixty-two patients lived in kyushu, a known endemic area of htlv-i and 92 patients lived in tokyo, a nonendemic area of htlv-i. results showed a prevalence of htlv-iii antibodies of 64.5% in kyushu and of 57.6% in tokyo. there were no significant ... | 1987 | 2883800 |