The prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus infection among blood donors in southeast China, 2004-2013.

• Main Authors: Jinzhen Xie (Author), Shengxiang Ge (Author), Yali Zhang (Author), Yongcai Lin (Author), Hongying Ni (Author), Jun Zhang (Author), Changrong Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) which is associated with the diseases of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, HTLV-1 associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and HTLV-associated uveitis, can cause transfusion-transmitted infections. Although HTLV screening...