Human T Lymphotropic Virus
Data Consistent with 30-Year-Old Epidemic in US
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 7th, 2000
The demographic and geographic determinants of human T lymphotropic virus types I and II (HTLV-I and HTLV-II) are not well defined in the United States, noted E. L. Murphy and colleagues.
Murphy et al. measured antibodies to HTLV-I and HTLV-II in 1.7 million donors at five US blood centers during 1991-1995 ("Evidence among blood donors for a 30-year-old epidemic of human T lymphotropic virus type II infection in the United States," Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999;180(6):1777-1783).
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