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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
8464
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1985-12-12
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Serum samples from 224 aboriginal Amazonian Indians were tested for antibodies to HTLV-III/LAV by an indirect immunofluorescence (IF) assay. 9 individuals (4%), 5 of them female, were seropositive by IF and by confirmatory western blotting and radioimmunoprecipitation tests. 3 of the positive sera were collected in 1968. HTLV-III/LAV seropositivity rates varied among the ethnic groups and ranged from 13.3% among the Pemon Indians to 3.3% among the Yanoama tribe. The titres of HTLV-III/LAV antibodies ranged from 1/40 to 1/320. All individuals tested were apparently healthy at the time of the study. None of 211 randomly chosen, healthy blood donors from Venezuelan cities had antibodies to HTLV-III/LAV. The prevalence of specific antibodies among Amazonian Indians suggests the HTLV-III/LAV or a closely related cross-reactive virus may be endemic in this area. The findings also indicate that this virus is indigenous in non-negroid Latin American and negroid tropical populations.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Nov
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| pubmed:issn |
0140-6736
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
16
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| pubmed:volume |
2
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
1098-100
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1985
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Antibodies to HTLV-III/LAV among aboriginal Amazonian Indians in Venezuela.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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