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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
12
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-7-13
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The prevalence of infection with human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in 19,975 blood samples from Australia and the western Pacific was determined by measuring the presence of specific antibody (anti-HTLV-I) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with confirmation by western blot and/or radioimmunoprecipitation techniques. In Australia no evidence of HTLV-I infection was found in injecting drug users, patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), subjects attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic, female prostitutes, or transfusion recipients. A low prevalence of infection was detected in people with haemophilia (0.5%) and in male homosexuals (0.5%-1%). No antibody was detected in sera from Vanuatu, Kiribati, American Samoa, the Cook Islands, New Caledonia, the Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia and Fiji, but a low frequency of anti-HTLV-I was detected in sera from the Solomon Islands (1.2%) and Nauru (0.6%).
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jun
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| pubmed:issn |
0025-729X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
15
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| pubmed:volume |
156
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
878-80
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Australia,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Blood Donors,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Blood Transfusion,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Blotting, Western,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-HTLV-I Antibodies,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-HTLV-I Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Hemophilia A,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Homosexuality,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Pacific Islands,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Prostitution,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:1463486-Substance Abuse, Intravenous
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| pubmed:year |
1992
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
HTLV-I infection in selected populations in Australia and the western Pacific region.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Fairfield Hospital, Vic.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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