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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Published and unpublished data on the HTLV-I seroprevalence in 13 European countries
(sample a total of 79.549 persons) was subject to meta-analysis. HTLV-I infection was …

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 …

In this report, the results of seroepidemiologic studies of human T-lymphotropic virus type I
(HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II) infections in different population groups in Argentina have …

Sera of 1023 subjects belonging to categories at risk for AIDS, positive for HIV-1, were tested
for antibodies to human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-1) by ELISA, Western blotting, and …

Background: To date, few studies have provided information on risk factors for human t-
lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) types I and II in European countries. In particular, few data are …

Serum specimens (n= 1899) were assayed for infections with HTLV-I, HTLV-II, and HIV-1 in
seven classified groups of normal healthy controls, children, pregnant women, prostitutes …