HTLV-I antibody screening in donated blood and thalassemic patients.
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in English
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| ID: sea-39009
ABSTRACT
The HTLV-I antibody screening by passive partial agglutination test, Serodia HTLV-I (Fuji-rebio Inc) was performed in a total of 1,225 male and 468 female blood donors from September 1992 to March 1993. In addition, a total of 64 multitransfused thalassemic patients were also studied. All of the sera from donors and patients in both study groups showed no reactive results for HTLV-I antibody. This finding indicated that the HTLV-I infection is not yet a problem in blood transfusion in Thailand. However, the scattered reports of HTLV-I infections from our region should urge the national authority on the surveillance of this infection by epidemiological survey and occasional screening in blood donors.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Thailand
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Thalassemia
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Blood Donors
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Blood Transfusion
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
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HTLV-I Infections
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Antibodies, Viral
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Screening study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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