| geographical clustering of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i in guadeloupe, an endemic caribbean area. | between january 1989 and december 1996, 59,426 blood donors from guadeloupe (french west indies) were screened for antibodies to human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i). of these, 195 were confirmed as being positive for htlv-i, yielding an overall prevalence of 0.33% [95% confidence interval (ci) 0.28-0.38]. on multiple logistic regression analysis, risk factors for htlv-i were female gender [odds ratio (or) 1.8; ci 1.3-2.4], increasing age (30-39 years, or 2.2, ci 1.4-3.4; 40-49 years, ... | 1999 | 10209944 |
| epidemiologic study of the association between human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 and strongyloides stercoralis infection in female blood donors (guadeloupe, french west indies). | this case control study was conducted among female blood donors in guadeloupe. a total of 85 htlv-1 positive subjects were matched by age (+/- 5 years) in a 1:3 ratio to 255 htlv-1 negative controls. the mean age was 48.5 and 48.9 years respectively. ethnic, environmental and socio-economic risk factors were studied. four risk factors were found independently associated with htlv-1 seropositivity: strongyloides stercoralis antibodies (or = 3.6, ci 1.8, 7.3), low socio-economic status (or = 2.0 c ... | 2004 | 15114885 |