After an HTLV-I endemic area was discovered in Jujuy, a northwestern province in
Argentina, to detect other possible foci of HTLV-I/II we started in 1997 a multicentric study to …

Abstract Maayan S (Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hadassah University Hospital,
Jerusalem, Israel), Dan M, Marlink R and Chen Y M. HTLV among Israeli intravenous drug …

Background: Human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma viruses (HTLV) and HIV share identical
modes of transmission and co-infections may be detected in populations that are highly …

Human T lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs) have a limited spread in the general populations of
Western countries. Consequently, the transfusional risk for HTLV is considered to be low in …

Sera collected between 1978 and 1985 from 716 parenteral drug-addicts admitted to our
Clinic with viral hepatitis were tested for antibodies to HTLV III. None of the patients was …

In Western countries, HTLV-1 infection is recognized mainly among foreigners coming from
endemic areas. In contrast, HTLV-2 is found predominantly in native intravenous drug users …

Using molecular methods three or five major variants of HTLV-I have been identified;
moreover two subtypes of HTLV-II defined as HTLV-IIa and HTLV-IIb with six variants within …

Serum samples collected in 1992 from 1158 intravenous drug users (IVDUs) in Stockholm,
Sweden, were tested retrospectively for antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus type I and …

The prevalence and risk factors for acquisition of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I and
II (HTLV-I and II) were investigated in a prospective study of 913 injecting drug users (IDUs) …

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been etiologically linked with the human
T-cell lymphotropic virus HTLV-III. In a study on the prevalence of antibodies to this virus in …