Discusses the benefits of patients from leucocyte depletion of the blood supply in the United
Kingdom. Information on leucocyte-derived cytokines; Leucocyte depletion on relation to …

Background Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has a worldwide distribution
and it is endemic in some regions of Iran. One of the most important routes of HTLV-1 …

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 …

A high frequency of false-negative anti-HTLV-I/II ELISA results has been reported by several
authors. To verify the possible underestimate of the prevalence of HTLV-II infection in …

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 …

Background: A high prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection
among general population in the northeast of Iran has been reported. Multi-transfused …

To determine the prevalence of HTLV I-II among highly sexually active adults, a
seroprevalence study was conducted in Italy between March 1992 and March 1993 among …

To assess the prevalence of HTLV‐I and HTLV‐II infections in different groups at risk for HIV‐
I infection, a study on 867 subjects was carried out by means of serological and PCR …

In order to evaluate the presence of HTLV-II infection in a cohort of newborns born from HIV-
1 infected mothers, a retrospective study was conducted on 80 newborns. Only 1 birth serum …

DISCUSSION OF SUBMITTED PAPERS• 1. HTLV associated disease Dr Graham Taylor
(Appendix A) Key points--The spectrum of HTLV-I related disease may be greater than …