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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
9
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-12-7
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Serum samples collected in 1985 and 1986 from 18,257 donors to the Greater New York Blood Program were screened by enzyme-linked immunoassay for antibody to human T-cell lymphotropic virus (anti-HTLV). Fifteen samples (0.08%) were confirmed positive: 7 by radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) alone, 6 by Western blot alone, and 2 by combined results from both tests. One donor, whose original test result was uninterpretable because multiple nonspecific bands were present on RIPA, clearly tested positive on subsequent specimens. Follow-up testing of individuals with this type of result may be needed to resolve their HTLV status. Anti-HTLV prevalence increased with age and was significantly more common in black or Hispanic donors and in those born in the Caribbean than in other donors. All anti-HTLV-positive donors were negative for antibody to HIV-1, and only one donor (7% of those positive) would have been excluded by any of the routine donor screening tests used at that time.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| 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:issn |
0041-1132
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
30
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
783-6
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:articleTitle |
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus in volunteer blood donors.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Wolf Szmuness Laboratory of Epidemiology, New York Blood Center, New York.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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