Document 0022
 DOCN  M9470022
 TI    [Infection by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I/II in
       polytransfused patients in the state of Yucatan, Mexico]
 DT    9409
 AU    Gonzalez-Martinez P; Castro-Sansores C; Vivas-Rosel ML; Gongora-Biachi
       RA; Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,;
       Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico.
 SO    Sangre (Barc). 1994 Feb;39(1):45-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94255833
 AB    The relationship between several disorders, including adult T-cell
       leukaemia, and HTLV I/II virus infection has been clearly demonstrated.
       In order to assess the prevalence of such viral infection in a group of
       multiple-transfusion patients in the State of Yucatan, Mexico, a study
       was carried out on 140 patients with anti-HTLV-I/II antibodies
       demonstrated by ELISA and sensitized particles agglutination test. The
       patients had received 447 units of blood or blood components as a whole,
       and the mean time elapsed between the transfusion and the study was 2.5
       years (range, 0.5-40), other risks of infection being discarded. No HTLV
       I/II reactivity was found along this study, thus showing the low
       prevalence and scarce risk for the transmission of this disease in
       Yucatan.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Aged  Aged, 80 and over  Agglutination Tests  Blood
       Component Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS  Blood Transfusion/*ADVERSE
       EFFECTS  Child  Child, Preschool  English Abstract  Enzyme-Linked
       Immunosorbent Assay  Female  Human  HTLV Antibodies/BLOOD  HTLV-I
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  HTLV-II
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Infant  Male  Mexico/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Middle Age  Prevalence  Risk  Risk Factors  Seroepidemiologic Methods
       Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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