… human retrovirus, the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (… of pregnant women, healthy
volunteers and other groups (139,140). … The prevalence among blood donors in Japan also varied …

… a higher prevalence (0.28%), compared to volunteers (0.17%… prevalence of antibodies to
Human T-Lymphotropic Viruses (… blood center, identifying factors related to higher prevalence. …

… Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is estimated to affect 5 to 10 million people …
FIG 1 Global distribution of HTLV-1 seroprevalence among blood donors. These data were …

… The most prevalent and pathogenic HTLV types are types 1 … -II has a more limited geographical
distribution. It is endemic … On the other hand, a study in Kuwait involving 46 039 volunteer …

… prevalence of HTLV-1 in pregnant women. The sample consisted of 713 pregnant volunteers
who were selected by free choice during the prenatal period at the LACEN-MA between …

… 10 New WHO report on Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 … the distribution of cases was
unequal even between different … We would like to thank all volunteers for their participation. …

… establish the prevalence of HTLV-1 and HTLV-1/2 among blood donors … Human T-lymphotropic
virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was the first … Volunteer and repeat donors are biased towards low …

… of HTLV-1 prevalence on a national and regional level is little … The geographical distribution
of pooled prevalence on the … -effectiveness of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1(HTLV-1) …

… Simian T-lymphotropic virus TTIs … Type one and two actively spread epidemics affecting
15-20 million individuals … The seroprevalence of HTLV-1/2 infection among blood donors in this …

… , such as evaluation of the prevalence and trends of TTIs. This … prevalence and trends of
TTIs, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus …