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Epidemic Patterns of Hepatitis Type B Virus (HBV) and Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) in Two ATL-Endemic Islands in Kyushu, Japan
TACHIBANA, KAZUNORI
47272
ITO, SHIN-ICHIRO
47273
SHIRAHAMA, SATOSHI
47274
NAGATOMO, MASAZUMI
47275
KINOSHITA, KEN-ICHIRO
47276
TAJIMA, KAZUO
47277
HTLV-I
HBV
Epidemiology
1991-03
To evaluate the relationships between human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and hepatitis virus type B (HBV) infections, we compared both individual and geographical distributions of carriers of HTLV-I and HBV, and antibody positives to HBV in two ATL-endemic islands in Kyushu, Japan. The positive rates of antibodies to HTLV-I (anti-HTLV-I-Ab) in sera among healthy inhabitants older than 30 years of age were 27.5% (617/2,232) in Nakadohri, Goto Island and 24.0% (500/2,048) in Shimo-agata, Tsushima Island. The postive rates for surface antigen of hepatitis B virus (HBs-Ag) in sera among the same subjects were 6.4% and 2.5%, respectively. In Nakadohri, the age-adjusted positive rates of HBs-Ag and antibody to HBs-Ag (anti-HBs-Ab) in anti-HTLV-I-Ab positives (so-called HTLV-I carriers) differed little from those in negatives. In Shimo-agata, the geographical distribution of HBs-Ag positives (so-called HBV carriers) showed no positive association with that of HTLV-I carriers. These results did not support the postive correlations between HTLV-I and HBV infections among the general population in ATL-endemic areas in Japan.
departmental bulletin paper
Nagoya University School of Medicine
1991-03
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
1-4
53
23
32
http://hdl.handle.net/2237/17516
2186-3326
0027-7622
eng
http://www.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/medlib/nagoya_j_med_sci/5314/5314.html