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. 1984 Sep;27(4):509-11.
doi: 10.1016/s0338-4535(84)80149-x.

[Detection of specific antibodies for HTLV in French blood donors]

[Article in French]
L Schaffar-Deshayes, A M Couroucé, N Monplaisir, M Chavance, J P Lévy

[Detection of specific antibodies for HTLV in French blood donors]

[Article in French]
L Schaffar-Deshayes et al. Rev Fr Transfus Immunohematol. 1984 Sep.

Abstract

HTLV infection was detected in normal French blood donors and haemophiliac patients using HTLV p24 radio-immunoassay. No positive was found in 772 sera from continental blood donors born in continental France or in foreign countries. Among 131 donors living in continental France and born in overseas territories, 2 (1.5%) were found to possess anti-HTLV p24 antibodies. Similarly in a sample of 1 239 donors collected in Martinique, 1.5% were positive. No positive had been found in a sample of 142 continental haemophiliacs.

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