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HTLV‐I is endemic in Southern Italy: Detection of the first infectious cluster in a white population
Author(s) -
Manzari Vittorio,
Gradilone Angela,
Barillari Giovanni,
Zani Massimo,
Collalti Enrico,
Frati Luigi,
Pandolfi Franco,
De Rossi Giulio,
Liso Vincenzo,
Babbo Pasquale,
Guroff Marjorie Robert
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910360507
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , leukemia , virology , population , white (mutation) , virus , biology , cluster (spacecraft) , demography , immunology , genetics , gene , physics , sociology , computer science , optics , programming language
Human T‐cell leukemia virus (HTLV‐I) infection is observed among black and Japanese populations in well‐delimited endemic spots in association with a high incidence of adult T‐cell leukemia (ATL). We present evidence of HTLV‐I infection in two ATL patients from southeastern Italy who have not travelled and who have no known relations abroad, and in 8% of non‐leukemic controls from the same area. Thus, populations exhibiting HTLV‐I infection appear more widespread than supposed up to now.