Antibodies to human adult T cell leukaemia virus type I associated antigens in Swedish leukaemia patients and blood donors. 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 human adult T cell leukaemia virus type I associated antigens in Swedish leukaemia patients and blood donors.

Br J Haematol. 1985 Jul;60(3):555-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85252558
Blomberg J; Faldt R

Abstract: Antibodies to antigens associated with human T cell leukaemia virus type I (HTLV I) in Swedish adult leukaemia patients and blood donors were sought with a sensitive screening test using membrane antigen prepared from virus producing cells (MA-ELISA). Four persons (one ALL, one AML and two healthy blood donors) out of 483 persons tested reacted in the test. However, they were negative in the more specific anti-p19 and anti-whole virion ELISA tests. The prevalence of sera with definite anti-HTLV I activity seems to be very low in Sweden. The finding of four MA-ELISA positive persons needs further investigation.
Keywords: Adult Aged Antibodies, Viral/*ANALYSIS Antigens, Surface/IMMUNOLOGY Antigens, Viral/*IMMUNOLOGY *Blood Donors Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Human HTLV-BLV Viruses/*IMMUNOLOGY Leukemia/*IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY Middle Age JOURNAL ARTICLE

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