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. 2009 Jul;15(7):1116-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1507.080796.

Epidemiology of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in blood donors, Israel

Shmuel Stienlauf  1 , Vered Yahalom, Eli Schwartz, Eilat Shinar, Gad Segal, Yechezkel Sidi
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Epidemiology of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in blood donors, Israel

Shmuel Stienlauf et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jul.

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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Figure 1
Algorithm for identifying the geographic origin of Israeli blood donors.
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Figure 2
Relative risk for human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 carriage in donors from different geographic origins. Odds ratios (indicated by black boxes) are charted in logarithmic scale. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals (CI). *Per 100,000 population; †p<0.05.
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