Dezzutti Charlene S, Guenthner Patricia C, Daniel Sylvester, Utz Ursula, Cabrera Thania, Marshall James H, Bianco Celso, Lal Renu B, Cowan Elliot P
Division of AIDS, STD, and TB Laboratory Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2003 Jul;10(4):715-7. doi: 10.1128/cdli.10.4.715-717.2003.
A potential public health concern is the reported detection of the human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) tax gene in the lymphocytes of up to 11% of a low-risk group of New York City blood donors (NYBD). This study aimed to independently confirm the prevalence of HTLV tax sequences in 293 NYBD. All NYBD tested negative for antibodies to HTLV types 1 and 2 and HTLV Tax. HTLV tax sequences were not detected in the NYBD lymphocytes. These data demonstrate the lack of HTLV-1 tax in this group of NYBD at low risk for HTLV infection.
一个潜在的公共卫生问题是,据报道在纽约市低风险献血者群体(NYBD)中,高达11%的人的淋巴细胞中检测到人类嗜T淋巴细胞病毒(HTLV)的tax基因。本研究旨在独立确认293名NYBD中HTLV tax序列的流行情况。所有NYBD的HTLV 1型和2型抗体以及HTLV Tax检测均为阴性。在NYBD淋巴细胞中未检测到HTLV tax序列。这些数据表明,在这组HTLV感染低风险的NYBD中不存在HTLV-1 tax。