PMID- 1572136
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19920601
LR  - 20190902
IS  - 0732-8893 (Print)
IS  - 0732-8893 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
DP  - 1992 Feb
TI  - Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent and indirect immunofluorescence assays 
      for the detection of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-I antibodies in sera 
      from rural Haiti.
PG  - 121-4
AB  - Serum samples were obtained from 340 healthy individuals without evidence of 
      neurologic disease living in rural Haiti. Sera were screened for antibodies to 
      human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) using two commercially available 
      enzyme immunoassays (EIA) and by an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) using 
      a mixture of uninfected H9 cells and HTLV-I-infected MT-2 cells. Repeatedly 
      positive samples were confirmed by Western blot (WB). Results with the two EIA 
      systems were concordant and detected 13 positive samples, each of which was 
      confirmed by WB. Only 9 (69%) of 13 WB-positive sera were detected by IFA, and 
      four additional samples, positive by IFA, could not be confirmed by WB. The 
      prevalence of HTLV-I seropositivity in this selected rural Haitian population was 
      3.8% (13 of 340).
FAU - Grant, W
AU  - Grant W
AD  - Virology Reference Laboratory, VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT 06516.
FAU - Bia, F J
AU  - Bia FJ
FAU - Chacko, T M
AU  - Chacko TM
FAU - Jean-Baptiste, M
AU  - Jean-Baptiste M
FAU - Griffith, B P
AU  - Griffith BP
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
JT  - Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
JID - 8305899
RN  - 0 (HTLV-I Antibodies)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Blotting, Western
MH  - Cross Reactions
MH  - *Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
MH  - Female
MH  - *Fluorescent Antibody Technique
MH  - HTLV-I Antibodies/*blood
MH  - HTLV-I Infections/*epidemiology
MH  - Haiti/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Rural Population
EDAT- 1992/02/01 00:00
MHDA- 1992/02/01 00:01
CRDT- 1992/02/01 00:00
PHST- 1992/02/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1992/02/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1992/02/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 0732-8893(92)90034-Q [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0732-8893(92)90034-q [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1992 Feb;15(2):121-4. doi: 
      10.1016/0732-8893(92)90034-q.