Maselle S Y, Shao J F, Haukenes G
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Muhimbili Medical Centre, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
East Afr Med J. 1990 Jul;67(7):461-5.
Serum samples from 267 healthy subjects and patients either infected or not infected with HIV-1 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and western blot techniques for evidence of HTLV-1 infection. Specific antibodies were detected in only 1% of the sera. Positive sera were likely to be from individuals infected with HIV-1. Tanzania and probably the other East African countries are non-endemic for HTLV-1. Prevalences are too low to provide justification for screening of blood donations. However, screening of donor blood for HIV-1 will limit transmission of HTLV-1 by this route as well.
采用酶联免疫吸附测定法和蛋白质印迹技术，对坦桑尼亚达累斯萨拉姆267名健康受试者以及感染或未感染HIV-1的患者的血清样本进行检测，以寻找HTLV-1感染的证据。仅1%的血清中检测到特异性抗体。阳性血清可能来自感染HIV-1的个体。坦桑尼亚以及其他东非国家可能并非HTLV-1的地方性流行区。流行率过低，无法为献血筛查提供依据。然而，对献血者进行HIV-1筛查也将限制HTLV-1通过这一途径传播。
