seropositivity for human t-cell lymphotropic virus (htlv) in donors at the eye bank of i.r. iran
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purpose: to determine the prevalence of human t-cell lymphotropic virus (htlv) in corneal donors at the eye bank of i.r. iran from 2005 to 2007. methods: serologic tests for htlv-1,2 were performed in all donors at the eye bank from august 2005 to july 2007. hospital and medicolegal reports of htlv-reactive cases as well as their geographic origin were reviewed. results: overall, 5533 donors including 4467 (80.7%) male subjects aged from 2 to 84 years were evaluated. thirty seven (0.67%) cases with mean age of 45.8±17 (range 7-84) years were seropositive for htlv-1,2 of whom 26 (70.3%) were male. the most common causes of death in htlv-reactive cases were car accidents (37.8%) followed by cardiovascular diseases (24.3%), falls (10.8%) and drug intoxication (10.8%). no evidence of neurologic or hematologic disorders was found on reviewing the hospital and medicolegal reports of htlv-reactive cases. conclusion: this is the first report on htlv-reactivity in corneal donors in iran revealing a prevalence of 1 per 150 cases.
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