Search for human T-lymphotropic virus type I carriers among northeastern Chinese

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-34

  Geng, Long ^a,c   Zai, Ning ^c   Xiao, Yi ^c   Song, Fangji ^c   Tanaka, Akito ^a   Lou, Hong ^b   Sonoda, Shunro ^b   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV I); Serological screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; T CELL LEUKEMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031671920     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(98)00022-X     Document Type: Article

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