PMID- 2990698
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19850924
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 0008-5472 (Print)
IS  - 0008-5472 (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 9 Suppl
DP  - 1985 Sep
TI  - Comparative seroepidemiology of HTLV-I and HTLV-III in the French West Indies and 
      some African countries.
PG  - 4633s-4636s
AB  - The prevalence of antibodies detected by ELISA against human T-lymphotropic 
      viruses, type I (HTLV-I) and type III (HTLV-III-LAV), is described in a 
      comparative serosurvey in the French West Indies and African countries. The data 
      confirm that the Caribbean basin is endemic for HTLV-I. In this region, HTLV-I 
      antibody prevalence varied from 3.4% to 5.2% among blood donors and increased 
      with age to reach a value of 33% among elderly people from the Dominica Island. 
      In French Guyana, a South American country bordering the Caribbean sea, 
      differences in antibody distribution across three ethnic groups (black Bonis, 
      Indian Wayanas, and Hmongs from Asia) provide clues for investigation of the mode 
      of HTLV-I transmission. Africa appears to be an endemic continent for HTLV-I and 
      HTLV-III. For both viruses, the antibody prevalence exhibited an increasing 
      gradient from northern to equatorial through Sudanic areas. These preliminary 
      data by showing that Africa represents an endemic reservoir of HTLVs and, 
      possibly, of other human retroviruses should stimulate further investigations on 
      the natural history and the geographical origin of these viruses.
FAU - de-The, G
AU  - de-The G
FAU - Gessain, A
AU  - Gessain A
FAU - Gazzolo, L
AU  - Gazzolo L
FAU - Robert-Guroff, M
AU  - Robert-Guroff M
FAU - Najberg, G
AU  - Najberg G
FAU - Calender, A
AU  - Calender A
FAU - Peti, M
AU  - Peti M
FAU - Brubaker, G
AU  - Brubaker G
FAU - Bensliman, A
AU  - Bensliman A
FAU - Fabry, F
AU  - Fabry F
AU  - et al.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Cancer Res
JT  - Cancer research
JID - 2984705R
RN  - 0 (Antibodies, Viral)
RN  - 0 (HIV Antibodies)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Africa
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Antibodies, Viral/*analysis
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
MH  - Ethnicity
MH  - HIV Antibodies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Retroviridae Infections/epidemiology
MH  - West Indies
EDAT- 1985/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 1985/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 1985/09/01 00:00
PHST- 1985/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1985/09/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1985/09/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cancer Res. 1985 Sep;45(9 Suppl):4633s-4636s.