作者
Mohammad Salehi, Seyyed Khalil Shokouhi Mostafavi, Abdolmajid Ghasemian, Mahmoud Gholami, Abdolrahim Kazemi-Vardanjani, Mohammad Karim Rahimi
发表日期
2017/1
期刊
Iranian Biomedical Journal
卷号
21
期号
1
页码范围
57
出版商
Pasteur Institute of Iran
简介
Background:
Retroviruses of human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) have been demonstrated to be endemic in the north-eastern region of Iran. This study was aimed to determine the HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 prevalence among healthy individuals in Neyshabur City during 2010-2014.
Methods:
A total of 8054 blood samples were collected from healthy participants in Neyshabur, North-Eastern Iran. The blood samples were screened for the presence of specific antibodies against HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 by using ELISA according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Results:
The overall seropositivity rate for HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 was found to be 6.55%(528 out of 8054) among participants.
Conclusion:
Both HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 were demonstrated to be at a high rate in healthy individuals. However, a smaller number of asymptomatic carriers were found in this study, as compared to those identified in previous …
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