TY - JOUR JF - ISMJ JO - Iran South Med J VL - 6 IS - 2 PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/2/01 TI - Prevalence of anti-HTLV-I & anti-HTLV-II antibodies in Blood donors in Bushehr Province TT - شیوع آنتی بادی های ضد HTLV I/II در میان اهدا کنندگان خون استان بوشهر N2 - Human T-cll leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-I) and HTLV-II are type C oncoviruses, members of the family Retroviridae. Blood transfusion is a transmission route. Screening for HTLV is routine in Khorasan Province/Iran. In a seroepidemiologic survey in Bushehr Province, 22074 blood units were screened for anti-HTLV-I & ani-HTLV-II antibodies using ELISA method. Only 3 of donors (0.013%) were positive for anti-HTLV-I these results were confirmed by western blot. Therefore, routine screening for anti-HTLV antibodies are not justifiable in blood transfusion centers in Bushehr Province. SP - 161 EP - 164 AU - Poukarim, Mahmood Reza AU - Khamisipour, Gholamreza AU - Zandi, Keyvan AU - Roustaee, Mohammad Hasan AD - KW - HTLV-I KW - HTLV-II KW - blood transfusion KW - retroviridae UR - http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-122-en.html ER -