1.
Br J Psychiatry
; 162: 426-7, 1993 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8453450
2.
Vox Sang
; 64(3): 189-90, 1993.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8484256
3.
Trop Med Parasitol
; 42(4): 404-6, 1991 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1796241
ABSTRACT
Of 1089 healthy blood donors screened for HTLV-1 using ABBOTTS HTLV-1 EIA: 18 (1.7%) were positive; and 16 (1.5%) were confirmed positive using HTLV-1/11 Cambridge Biothec Western Blot method. HTLV-1 antibodies were found amongst the major ethnic groups, viz. Africans, 11 cases (68.75%) and East Indians 4 cases (25%). The mean age of the donors who tested positive for HTLV-1 was 30.75 years; and the male to female ratio was 4.3:1.
