PMID- 2777408
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19891016
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 0020-7136 (Print)
IS  - 0020-7136 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 3
DP  - 1989 Sep 15
TI  - A survey of the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in south-western 
      Colombia.
PG  - 419-23
AB  - To evaluate altitude of birthplace and residence as factors associated with 
      geographic clustering of HTLV-I infection in Colombia, we sampled a total of 670 
      current residents of the South Pacific coastal lowland and of upland regions 
      (Cali and environs) of the Valle and Cauca Provinces, located at an altitude of 
      3,100 ft. Among the 255 lowland study subjects, 4.3% had antibody against HTLV-I, 
      compared to 0.9% of the 415 upland study subjects. A hypothesis emerging from 
      this study is that the lower socio-economic status of lowland residents and 
      associated diseases, particularly untreated syphilis and other sexually 
      transmitted diseases, may explain the increased HTLV-I seropositivity rates in 
      this population.
FAU - Maloney, E M
AU  - Maloney EM
AD  - Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
FAU - Ramirez, H
AU  - Ramirez H
FAU - Levin, A
AU  - Levin A
FAU - Blattner, W A
AU  - Blattner WA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - Int J Cancer
JT  - International journal of cancer
JID - 0042124
RN  - 0 (HTLV-I Antibodies)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Black People
MH  - Blood Donors
MH  - Colombia
MH  - Female
MH  - HTLV-I Antibodies/*analysis
MH  - HTLV-I Infections/etiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sexually Transmitted Diseases/complications
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
EDAT- 1989/09/15 00:00
MHDA- 1989/09/15 00:01
CRDT- 1989/09/15 00:00
PHST- 1989/09/15 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/09/15 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/09/15 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/ijc.2910440307 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Cancer. 1989 Sep 15;44(3):419-23. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910440307.