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© 1993 Oxford University Press

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Seroepidemiological Survey of Human T-Lymphotropic Retrovirus among Indigenous Populations in Taiwan

TAKAFUMI ISHIDA*, I-HUN PAN**, SATOSHI HORAI{dagger}, NARUYA SAITOU{dagger} and CHIE-SHAN SUN{ddagger}

* Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo 113, Japan
** Department of Bacteriology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Taipei, Republic of China
{dagger} National Institute of Genetics Mishima, Japan
{ddagger} Taitun Hospital Taitun, Republic of China

The prevalence of human T-lymphotropic retrovirus (HTLV) was examined in Taiwan's indigenous populations. In all, 797 healthy subjects in Taiwan including Han Chinese and nine indigenous populations (Ami, Atayal, Bunun, Saisiat, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Tsuo, and Yami) were examined for the presence of antibodies to HTLV by particle agglutination, indirect immunofluorescence and Western blot test. Two seropositive cases were found in this screening. One Saisiat male and a Han Chinese female were seropositive for HTLV. The Western blot profile indicated the virus was type-1 HTLV.

Received 1 April 1993


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