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Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection among Hemophiliacs in Fukuoka, Japan
Author(s) -
Kashiwagi Seizaburo,
Hayashi Jun,
Ikematsu Hideyuki,
Noguchi Akinori,
Ikeda Kiyoshi,
Kishida Kunio,
Shirakawa Mitsuru,
Takenaka Akira,
Mori Ryoichi
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1988.tb01446.x
Subject(s) - antibody , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , virus , viral disease , coagulopathy , medicine , immunopathology , biology
To determine when the hemophiliacs in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, first became positive for antibodies, we tested human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies on serum samples obtained from 1976–1987 stored at −30 C. Fifteen out of 64 hemophilia A patients (23.4%), five out of 11 hemophilia B patients (45.5%), but none of 17 patients with von Willebrand's disease (0%) were positive for HIV antibodies. In this series, two with hemophilia A became positive for HIV antibodies for the first time in 1983, and in 1984 another four with hemophilia A and one with hemophilia B became positive.