Detection of antibody for HTLV-I by Behring ELISA Processor II and clinical examination about HTLV-I carriers

Evaluation of a new, fully automated immunoassay for detection of HTLV-I and HTLV-II antibodies.

Screening blood donations for human T-lymphotropic virus types I and II (HTLV-I/II) continues to be important in protecting the safety of blood products and controlling the global spread of these retroviruses. We have developed a fully automated, third generation chemiluminescent immunoassay, ARCHITECT rHTLV-I/II, for detection of antibodies to HTLV-I/II. The assay utilizes recombinant proteins...

Comparison of six commercial human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) enzyme immunoassay kits for detection of antibody to HTLV-I and -II.

Three licensed and three research human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kits were evaluated with a panel of 213 serum or plasma samples which were previously tested by the indirect immunofluorescence method for HTLV-I and -II antibodies. The three research kits were found to be more sensitive and specific than the three licensed kits.

Roles of HTLV-I p19 and natural antibody to HTLV-I in host immune responses.

Since the discovery of human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I (H1LV-I) [5], the immune status of H1L V-I-infected hosts, including patients with adult T cell leukemia (ATL) , has not yet been sufficiently investigated [2-4]. As the first step in this kind of study, we have studied the nonspecific activity of peripheral mononuclear cells (PMNC) from A1L patients and seropositive H1L V-I car...

ABBOTT PRISM HTLV-I/HTLV-II Package Insert

Comparison of HTLV-I Proviral Load in Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATL), HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy (HAM-TSP) and Healthy Carriers