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Seroprevalence of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I in Puerto Rico

1989; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 40; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4269/ajtmh.1989.40.659

1476-1645

Jonathan E. Kaplan, Yasuhiro Yamamura, Eddy Ríos‐Olivares, Robert O. Cannon, Rima Khabbaz, Duane J. Gubler, Edmundo N. Kaiselburd, Trudie M. Hartley, Michael D. Lairmore,

Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

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.