Seroprevalence of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I in Puerto Rico

Jonathan E. Kaplan Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Yasuhiro Yamamura Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Eddy O. Rios-Olivares Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Robert O. Cannon Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Rima F. Khabbaz Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Duane J. Gubler Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Edmundo N. Kaiselburd Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Trudie M. Hartley Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Michael D. Lairmore Centers for Disease Control, Ponce School of Medicine, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1989.40.659
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Volume 40: Issue 6
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659–662
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Serum specimens from Puerto Rican residents were tested for antibodies to human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) using an enzyme immunoassay, Western immunoblot, and radioimmunoprecipitation assays. Of 1,279 specimens obtained during a dengue virus surveillance program in 1986 and 1987, 3 (0.2%) tested positive; an additional 11 were indeterminate. Of 602 specimens obtained from blood donors in Ponce in 1987, 1 (0.2%) was positive; an additional specimen was indeterminate. Of 21 persons hospitalized for problems related to intravenous drug use in 1986 and 1987, 1 (5%) tested positive for HTLV-I antibodies.
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Copyright © 1989 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1989
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Jun 1989
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