Avtor/Urednik		Poljak, M; Bednarik, J; Rednak, K; Seme, K; Kristančič, L; Čelan-Lucu, B
Naslov		Seroprevalence of human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I) in pregnant women, patients attending venereological outpatient services and intravenous drug users from Slovenia
Tip		članek
Vir		Folia Biol (Praha)
Vol. in št.		Letnik 44
Leto izdaje		1998
Obseg		str. 23-5
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		To establish current seroprevalence of human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I) infection in some low- and high-risk populations from Slovenia, 10,369 and 869 serum samples collected during Slovenian 1994 unlinked surveys of human immunodeficiency viruses seroprevalence in pregnant women and patients attending venereological outpatient services, respectively, and 219 serum samples collected from Slovenian intravenous drug abusers during 1995 and 1996, were screened for the presence of anti-HTLV-I antibodies using commercial particle agglutination test Serodia HTLV-I (Fujirebio, Tokyo, Japan). Only one sample obtained from a pregnant woman was found repeatedly positive in the screening test. Presence of anti-HTLV-I antibodies in the reactive sample was undoubtedly confirmed with supplemental Western blot test. The prevalence of antibodies to HTVL-I in the Slovenian population might be somewhere between one in 10,000 (0.01%) and one in 15,000 (0.0066%), which is similar or even higher to prevalence rates in other European countries.
Deskriptorji		HTLV-I INFECTIONS HTLV-I HTLV-I ANTIBODIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS HIV PREGNANCY HIV SEROPREVALENCE SERODIAGNOSIS BLOTTING, WESTERN