Manzari and colleagues (5) identified the first Italian cases of ATL in two patients living in a
newly recognized endemic area in Apulia in southern Italy. In this pocket of endemicity, 8 …

Monitoring of sera from 435 iv drug abusers in Bari (Italy) from 1978 to 1985 revealed the
introduction of HTLV-III into this community in 1980, with an increase in prevalence of …

An epidemiological survey on the presence of serum antibodies to human T lymphotropic
retrovirus III (HTLV-III) is reported. The study was carried out on people living in large as well …

Using ELISA with confirmation by'immunocapture'and/or Western blot the correspondents
investigated the seroprevalence of antibodies to HTLV-I and HIV in Italian drug abusers …

Co-infection by the HIV-1 and HTLV-I viruses have been described since 1986 (5). This
association is studied because in vitro studies suggest that HTLV-I can enhance the …

The seroprevalence of HTLV-I/II was evaluated in 1247 Italian individuals at high risk for HIV
infection. The population studied consisted of 985 intravenous drug users (IVDUs), 474 of …

Soriano et al.[1] showed that HTLV-I and HTLV-II are both present in Spain and that HTLV-I
is still mainly associated with indi viduals visiting or born in endemic areas and HTLV-II with …

Anti-HTLV III prevalence has been investigated in serum samples of 638 intravenous drug
users collected over May 1981-March 1985 and stored at-20 degrees C. Separately, in a …

Abstract Antibodies to HTLV-I/II were inmtigated in sera from 7521 individuals living in
Spain. They were clasified in four major groups: a) subjects at high risk of retroviral …

A recent review of the seroprevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) in Europe
[1] confirmed the presence of both HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections, and their distribution was …