Sporadic Carriers of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type I in Northern Egypt
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Microbiology and Immunology
- Vol. 32 (9) , 981-984
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.1988.tb01461.x
Abstract
Sera from 3,158 individuals living in northern Egypt were tested for the presence of antibodies against human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) by the newly developed particle agglutination (PA) test. Ten sera gave a positive reaction in the PA test. Eight of these sera were examined further by Western blotting and all of them gave several bands corresponding to HTLV-I structural proteins. Two of the 8 sera gave positive results in the indirect immunofluorescence test. The results indicate the presence of HTLV-I carriers in this area, although at very low incidence (0.063%).This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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