Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2009)

Epidemiology of Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection in Blood Donors, Israel

  • Shmuel Stienlauf,
  • Vered Yahalom,
  • Eli Schwartz,
  • Eilat Shinar,
  • Gad Segal,
  • Yechezkel Sidi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1507.080796
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 7
pp. 1116 – 1118

Abstract

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The prevalence of infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in blood donors from Israel is 1 infection/100,000 persons. In donors originating from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, prevalences are 7.7, 14.6, and 20.4, respectively. HTLV-1 prevalence may be high outside areas where HTLV-1 previously was known to be endemic.

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