Screening for HTLV-I in healthy blood donors in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Trop Med Parasitol
; 42(4): 404-6, Dec. 1991.
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ABSTRACT
Of 1089 healthy blood donors screened for HTLV-I using ABBOTTS HTLV-I EIA 18 (1.7 percent) were positive; and 16 (1.5 percent) were confirmed positive using HTLV-I/11 Cambridge Biothec Western Blot method. HTLV-I antibodies were found amongst the major ethnic groups, viz. Africans, 11 cases (68.75 percent) and East Indians 4 cases (25 percent). The mean age of the donors who tested positive for HTLV-I was 30.75 years; and the male to female ratio was 4.31. (AU)
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Assunto principal:
Doadores de Sangue
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Anticorpos Anti-HTLV-I
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Infecções por HTLV-I
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Asia
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Caribe
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Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Trop Med Parasitol
Ano de publicação:
1991
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Article