| case-control study of factors associated with human t-cell leukemia virus type i infection in southern miyazaki, japan. | an unusual age- and sex-specific distribution and a remarkably restricted geographic seroprevalence characterize human t-cell leukemia virus type i (htlv-i) infection. although the transmission routes of htlv-i are known, these seroepidemiologic features cannot be fully explained. | 1992 | 1593654 |
| high htlv-i proviral dna level associated with abnormal lymphocytes in peripheral blood from asymptomatic carriers. | the level of proviral dna in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a representative group of asymptomatic htlv-i carriers in miyazaki district, an htlv-i endemic area in japan, was determined by a single-cycle polymerase chain reaction method (pcr). of 217 subjects, 26% had a high level of proviral dna, 43% a medium level, 18% a low level, and 13% an undetectable level. in the high-dna group, 60% had at least 0.6% abnormal lymphocytes on peripheral blood smears, significantly higher than in th ... | 1992 | 1601522 |
| uveitis associated with human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i. | seroepidemiologic, clinical, and virologic studies were performed to determine whether human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i was closely associated with uveitis in two hospitals. one hospital was in an endemic area of the virus (miyakonojo, miyazaki) and the other hospital was in a less endemic area (kurume). in the endemic area, the seroprevalence of the virus in patients with uveitis without defined causes (35.4%, 62 of 175 patients) was significantly higher than that in patients with nonuvei ... | 1992 | 1642286 |
| [uveitis in human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) carriers--1. a seroepidemiological study]. | a seroepidemiological study was carried out to find out if human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) was closely associated with uveitis in two hospitals: one in an area where htlv-i was highly prevalent (miyakonojo, miyazaki) and the other in an area where htlv-i was less prevalent (kurume). in the highly prevalent htlv-i area, the seroprevalence in patients with idiopathic uveitis (78/206, 37.9%) was significantly higher than in patients with non-uveitic ocular diseases (73/380, 19. 2%) or in ... | 1993 | 8328341 |
| heterosexual transmission of human t cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type i among married couples in southwestern japan: an initial report from the miyazaki cohort study. | to identify factors that may modify the heterosexual transmission of human t cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type i (htlv-i), 534 married couples enrolled in the miyazaki cohort study between november 1984 and april 1989 were studied: 95 husband htlv-i-seropositive (h+)/wife seropositive (w+), 33 h+/w-, 64 h-/w+, and 342 h-/w-. after 5 years of follow-up, seven seroconversions occurred and clustered significantly among serodiscordant pairs (relative risk [rr] = 41.2); the rate of transmission was 3 ... | 1993 | 8418183 |
| serologic assessment of type 1 and type 2 immunity in healthy japanese adults. | we assessed the informativeness of several serologic biomarkers of immune function using serum specimens collected in the miyazaki cohort study from subjects who were seronegative for anti-human t-cell lymphotrophic virus i and anti-hepatitis c virus. to broadly characterize type 1 immune status, we measured ebv antibody titers, because titer profiles associated with cellular immune suppression are well described. we also tested for three type 2 biomarkers: total serum ige, soluble cd23, and sol ... | 2004 | 15298962 |