RAPID COMMUNICATION High Frequency of Human T-cell Leukemia-Lymphoma Virus Type I1 Infection in New Mexico Blood Donors: Determination by Sequence-Specific Oligonucleotide Hybridization
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The Albuquerque branch of the United Blood Services system was found to have an unusually high blood donor human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus (HTLV) seroprevalence (0.72 per 1,OOO). Many studies investigating HTLV seroprevalence and transmission have assumed that all seropositivity is due to HTLV type I (HTLV-I); recent data dispute this conclusion. We investigated the high prevalence of HTLV seropositivity in New Mexico by determining whether HTLV-I or HTLV-I1 is predominant in our donors.
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