Antibodies to HTLV-III in Haitian Immigrants in French Guiana

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To the Editor: A third subtype of human T-cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV-III) has recently been isolated from patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).1 , 2 All American patients with AIDS and 84 per cent of those with lymphadenopathy had antibodies to HTLV-III, implicating this new member of human retroviruses, together with the lymphadenopathy-associated virus, as a causative agent of AIDS.3 4 5 Besides the AIDS epidemic affecting homosexuals and drug addicts, cases of AIDS have been described in persons from Central Africa6 , 7 and from Haiti without a known history of homosexuality or drug addiction.8 9 10 Thus, HTLV-III may be endemic in some groups or . . .