PMID- 2735036
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19890724
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 0093-0415 (Print)
IS  - 0093-0415 (Linking)
VI  - 150
IP  - 3
DP  - 1989 Mar
TI  - A seroepidemiologic survey of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I in two 
      Hawaiian hematologic-oncologic practices.
PG  - 300-2
AB  - A seroepidemiologic survey for antibodies to the human T-cell lymphotropic virus 
      type I (HTLV-I) was carried out in two Hawaiian hematologic-oncologic practices. 
      Specimens of serum or plasma from 215 donors were assayed using the ELISA 
      technique, followed by the Western blot technique to confirm antibody specificity 
      to HTLV-I. Of 214 seropositive donors, 16 (7.5%) were positive. Of 172 donors of 
      Japanese ancestry, 16 (9.3%) were seropositive; none were white, Chinese, 
      Filipino, or Pacific Islander. One donor contracted the virus through blood 
      transfusions. The results suggest that HTLV-I was introduced to Hawaii with the 
      Japanese immigration.
FAU - Kimata, J T
AU  - Kimata JT
FAU - Kaneshiro, S A
AU  - Kaneshiro SA
FAU - Kwock, D W
AU  - Kwock DW
FAU - Nakamura, S
AU  - Nakamura S
FAU - Kaneshiro, M M
AU  - Kaneshiro MM
FAU - Nakamura, J M
AU  - Nakamura JM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - West J Med
JT  - The Western journal of medicine
JID - 0410504
RN  - 0 (HTLV-I Antibodies)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
MH  - Female
MH  - HTLV-I Antibodies/*analysis
MH  - Hawaii
MH  - Humans
MH  - Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/*epidemiology/immunology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
PMC - PMC1026451
EDAT- 1989/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/03/01 00:01
PMCR- 1989/03/01
CRDT- 1989/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1989/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - West J Med. 1989 Mar;150(3):300-2.