Prevalence of human T cell leukemia virus-I (HTLV-I) antibody among populations living in the Amazon region of Brazil (preliminary report)


Autoria(s): Nakauchi,C. M.; Linhares,A. C.; Maruyama,K.; Kanzaki,L. I.; Macedo,J. E.; Azevedo,V. N.; Casseb,J. S. R.
Data(s)

01/03/1990

Resumo

Forty-tree (31.4%) out of 137 serum samples obtained from two Indian communities living in the Amazon region were found to be positive for HTLV-I antibody, as tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa). Eighty-two sera were collected from Mekranoiti Indians, yielding 39% of positivity, whereas 11 (20.0%) or the 55 Tiriyo serum samples had antibody to HTLV-I. In addition, positive results occurred in 10 (23.2%) out of 43 sera obtained from patients living in the Belem area, who were suffering from cancer affecting different organs. Five (16.7%) out of 30 Elisa positive specimens were also shown to be positive by either Western blot analysis (WB) or indirect immunogold electron microscopy (IIG-EM).

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761990000100004

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde

Fonte

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.85 n.1 1990

Palavras-Chave #HTLV-1 #antibody #Amazon region
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journal article