       Document 0121
 DOCN  M9610121
 TI    Seroprevalence of HTLV-1 in chronic disease patients in Jamaica.
 DT    9601
 AU    Barton EN; Morgan OS; Smikle MF; Blattner WA; Department of Medicine,
       University of the West Indies, Kingston,; Jamaica.
 SO    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Jul-Aug;88(4):410-1. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96031254
 AB    A high seropositivity rate of human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1
       (HTLV-1) infection was found in Jamaican patients with chronic diseases.
       However, except for tropical spastic paraparesis, polymyositis, adult T
       cell leukaemia/lymphoma and polyneuropathies of undetermined cause,
       HTLV-1 seropositivity rates in chronic disease patients were not
       significantly different from that found in healthy Jamaicans. These
       results indicate that there is no increased risk of HTLV-1 infection or
       HTLV-1 associated disease in patients with chronic diseases compared to
       the general Jamaican population. The association of unclassified
       polyneuropathies with HTLV-1 reported herein is a novel one which
       requires further studies to elucidate its nature.
 DE    Adult  *Chronic Disease  Human  HTLV-I Antibodies/*ANALYSIS  HTLV-I
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Jamaica/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Leukemia,
       T-Cell/IMMUNOLOGY  Lymphoma, T-Cell/IMMUNOLOGY  Paraparesis, Tropical
       Spastic/IMMUNOLOGY  Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/IMMUNOLOGY
       Polymyositis/IMMUNOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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