Antibodies to adult T-cell leukemia virus (ATLV/HTLV-I) in AIDS patients and people at risk of AIDS in Germany. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1985. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Antibodies to adult T-cell leukemia virus (ATLV/HTLV-I) in AIDS patients and people at risk of AIDS in Germany.

Med Microbiol Immunol (Berl). 1985;173(5):241-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85110665
Hunsmann G; Schneider J; Bayer H; Berthold H; Schimpf K; Kabisch H; Ritter K; Bienzle U; Schmitz H; Kern P; et al

Abstract: A total of 2048 serum samples from Germany were examined for antibodies to adult T-cell leukemia virus (ATLV) structural polypeptides with an enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA) and confirmative immuno precipitation. The origin of the sera samples was: 850 samples taken for virological or protozoal diagnosis; 626 samples from male homosexuals, about 20% of whom had lymphadenopathy syndrome; 164 from hemophiliacs; 184 were from multiple transfused, mostly dialysis patients; 9 from intravenous drug abusers; 182 from suspected cases of acquired immuno deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and 33 from AIDS-patients. In none of these sera did we detect antibodies to ATLV, except in the serum of one patient who had been on hemodialysis for over 11 years. Obviously infection with ATLV or a serologically related agent is very rare in our country and an association with AIDS could not be observed.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*IMMUNOLOGY Adolescence Adult Aged Antibodies, Viral/*ISOLATION & PURIF Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS Comparative Study Germany, West Hemophilia/IMMUNOLOGY Homosexuality Human HTLV-BLV Viruses/*IMMUNOLOGY Male Middle Age Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE

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