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Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV‐1) Antibodies in Healthy Populations and Renal Transplanted Patients in the North‐East of Brazil
Author(s) -
Linhares Maria Ieda Siqueira,
Eizuru Yoshito,
Andrade Gildete Patriota,
Fonseca Ivailda Barbosa,
Carvalho Luiz Bezerra,
Moreira Ivanildo Tenorio,
Minamishima Yoichi
Publication year - 1994
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.1348-0421.1994.tb01811.x
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , serology , biology , leukemia , virology , retrovirus , antibody , population , virus , immunology , t cell leukemia , medicine , environmental health
The seroprevalence of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) infection was investigated in Brazilians (570): native inhabitants (298) and descendants from Japanese (272) living in Recife and its neighborhoods—North‐east of Brazil. Furthermore, polytransfused renal transplanted patients (54) were also examined for the serological status to this virus. The seropositivity to HTLV‐1, screened by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), was low: 1.34% for the local population and 0.73% for the descendants from Japanese. However, the seropositivity for the renal transplanted patients was found to be 11.1%. This higher value suggests that this retrovirus infection seems to be of importance in this clinical condition.