Goto K, Sato K, Kurita M, Masuhara N, Iijima Y, Saeki K, Ohno S
Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Tokai J Exp Clin Med. 1997 Mar;22(1):7-8.
To investigate the seroprevalence of HTLV-I in Kanagawa Prefecture (central Japan), we tested the sera of 8,264 healthy volunteers and 2,414 pregnant women. Of the 8,264 healthy volunteers, 66 (0.80%) were seropositive. The seroprevalence of HTLV-I in the pregnant women was 14/2,414 (0.58%), and this rate was almost identical to that in the healthy female volunteers 15 to 44 years of age (0.59%). These figures indicate that the seroprevalence of HTLV-I in Kanagawa Prefecture is very low and that sexual contact may not be an important contributory factor.
为调查日本中部神奈川县HTLV-I的血清阳性率，我们检测了8264名健康志愿者和2414名孕妇的血清。在8264名健康志愿者中，66人（0.80%）血清呈阳性。孕妇中HTLV-I的血清阳性率为14/2414（0.58%），这一比率与15至44岁健康女性志愿者的比率（0.59%）几乎相同。这些数据表明，神奈川县HTLV-I的血清阳性率非常低，性接触可能不是一个重要的促成因素。
