| screening for antibodies to human t-cell leukemia virus type i in japanese breast milk. | japanese breast milk samples were tested for antibodies to human t-cell leukemia virus type i (htlv-1) by particle agglutination (pa) and a line immunoassay (lia). in the pa method, the agglutination reaction between the htlv-1 antibody and sensitized particles occurred at a 1 : 128 dilution of some breast milk samples. the average antibody titer was one order of magnitude lower than that in the serum positive control. a total of 243 human breast milk specimens were assayed by pa, of which 21 sa ... | 2012 | 22687415 |