Trejo-Avila L M, Fuentes-Pensamiento R, Scorro Flores-Castañeda M, Diaz-Mendoza M L, Zapata-Benavides P, Tamez-Guerra R S
Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, UANL, Monterrey, México.
Arch Med Res. 1996 Spring;27(1):97-9.
The prevalence of antibodies against human T-cell lymphotrophic virus (HTLV-I/II) in blood donors from the city of Monterrey, Mexico was investigated. We found that 4 out of 1017 sera (0.39%) reacted against HTLV-I/II, as determined by a passive agglutination test (PA). However, none of PA-positive sera reacted to HTLV-I/II specific polypeptides as demonstrated by Western blot. These findings indicate that the population of Monterrey has very low or no seroprevalence for HTLV-I/II.
对墨西哥蒙特雷市献血者中抗人类嗜T淋巴细胞病毒（HTLV - I/II）抗体的流行情况进行了调查。我们发现，通过被动凝集试验（PA）测定，1017份血清中有4份（0.39%）对HTLV - I/II有反应。然而，如蛋白质印迹法所示，PA阳性血清中无一与HTLV - I/II特异性多肽发生反应。这些结果表明，蒙特雷人群中HTLV - I/II的血清阳性率极低或不存在。
