Human T-cell lymphotropic virus antibody prevalence in HIV-1-infected individuals attending a sexual health clinic in South-East London

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-145

  Cooke, Fiona J ^a   Geretti, Anna Maria ^a   Zuckerman, Mark ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co infection; Immunoassay; Screening; Seroprevalence; Sexual health; Western blot

Indexed keywords

HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ANONYMOUS TESTING; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROVIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DELTARETROVIRUS ANTIBODIES; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17844381282     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20336     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Beilke MA, Theall KP, O'Brien M, Clayton JL, Benjamin SM, Winsor EL, Kissinger PJ. 2004. Clinical outcomes and disease progression among patients coinfected with HIV and human T lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2. CID 39:256-263.
2. Brites C, Alencar R, Gusmao R, Pedroso C, Netto EM, Pedral-Sampaio D, Badaro R. 2001. Co-infection with HTLV-1 is associated with a shorter survival time for HIV-1 infected patients in Bahia, Brazil. AIDS 15:2053-2055.
3. Donati M, Seyedzadeh H, Leung T, Blott M, Zuckerman MA. 2000. Prevalence of antibody to human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus in women attending antenatal clinic in Southeast London: Retrospective study. Brit Med J 320:92-93.
4. Dow BC, Munro H, Ferguson K, Buchanan I, Jarvis L, Jordan T, Franklin IM, McClelland M. 2001. HTLV antibody screening using mini-pools. Transfus Med 11:419-422.
5. Manns A, Hisada M, La Grenade L. 1999. Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infection. Lancet 353:1951-1958.
6. Schechter M, Harrison LH, Halsey NA, Trade G, Santino M, Moulton LH, Quinn TC. 1994. Coinfection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 and HIV in Brazil. Impact on markers of HIV disease progression. JAMA 271:392-393.
7. Stuver SO, Mueller NE. 1995. Sexual transmission of HTLV-1 among female prostitutes and among patients with sexually transmitted diseases in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. Am J Epidemiol 142:1247-1248.