Epidemiology of Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection in Blood Donors, Israel |
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| Affiliation: | Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel (S. Stienlauf, E. Schwartz, G. Segal, Y. Sidi);Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (S. Stienlauf, E. Schwartz, G. Segal, Y. Sidi);Magen David Adom National Blood Services, Ramat Gan, Israel (V. Yahalom, E. Shinar).;1These authors contributed equally to this article. |
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| Abstract: | The prevalence of infection with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in blood donors from Israel is 1 infection/100,000 persons. In donors originating from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, prevalences are 7.7, 14.6, and 20.4, respectively. HTLV-1 prevalence may be high outside areas where HTLV-1 previously was known to be endemic. |
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| Keywords: | Keywords: HTLV-1 infections human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 viruses epidemiology Israel emigration and immigration blood banks Middle East dispatch |
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