Seroprevalence of human T cell lymphotropic virus type II infection, with or without human immunodeficiency virus type 1 coinfection, among US intravenous drug users. 1995

N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Seroprevalence of human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was determined among 7841 intravenous drug users (IVDUs) from drug treatment centers in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey (Asbury Park and Trenton), New York City (Brooklyn and Harlem), Philadelphia, and San Antonio, Texas; 20.9% had evidence of HTLV infection, as determined using a p21e EIA for screening and p21e blot for confirmation. With a type-specific EIA and blot used in combination, HTLV-II was identified in 97.6% of HTLV-positive IVDUs whose sera could be subtyped. HIV-1 seroprevalence was 13.2%. HTLV-II without HIV-1 was most common in Los Angeles and San Antonio. HIV-1 without HTLV-II was most common in New York, New Jersey, and Baltimore. Dual infection was most common in New York and New Jersey. Logistic regression analysis revealed that seroprevalence of HTLV-II was significantly greater with HIV-1 infection and increasing age and among women, blacks, and Mexican-Americans. In conclusion, it appears that among US IVDUs, nearly all HTLV infection is attributable to HTLV-II, and HTLV-II infection is associated with HIV-1 and sociodemographic background.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D001741 Black or African American A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies. African American,African Americans,African-American,Afro-American,Afro-Americans,Black Americans,Blacks,Negroes,African-Americans,Negro,Afro American,Afro Americans,American, African,American, Black,Black American
D003710 Demography Statistical interpretation and description of a population with reference to distribution, composition, or structure. Demographer,Demographic,Demographic and Health Survey,Population Distribution,Accounting, Demographic,Analyses, Demographic,Analyses, Multiregional,Analysis, Period,Brass Technic,Brass Technique,Demographers,Demographic Accounting,Demographic Analysis,Demographic Factor,Demographic Factors,Demographic Impact,Demographic Impacts,Demographic Survey,Demographic Surveys,Demographic and Health Surveys,Demographics,Demography, Historical,Demography, Prehistoric,Factor, Demographic,Factors, Demographic,Family Reconstitution,Historical Demography,Impact, Demographic,Impacts, Demographic,Multiregional Analysis,Period Analysis,Population Spatial Distribution,Prehistoric Demography,Reverse Survival Method,Stable Population Method,Survey, Demographic,Surveys, Demographic,Analyses, Period,Analysis, Demographic,Analysis, Multiregional,Demographic Analyses,Demographies, Historical,Demographies, Prehistoric,Distribution, Population,Distribution, Population Spatial,Distributions, Population,Distributions, Population Spatial,Family Reconstitutions,Historical Demographies,Method, Reverse Survival,Method, Stable Population,Methods, Reverse Survival,Methods, Stable Population,Multiregional Analyses,Period Analyses,Population Distributions,Population Methods, Stable,Population Spatial Distributions,Prehistoric Demographies,Reconstitution, Family,Reconstitutions, Family,Reverse Survival Methods,Spatial Distribution, Population,Spatial Distributions, Population,Stable Population Methods,Technic, Brass,Technique, Brass
D005006 Ethnicity A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships. Ethnic Groups,Nationality,Ethnic Group,Nationalities
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000163 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome An acquired defect of cellular immunity associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a CD4-positive T-lymphocyte count under 200 cells/microliter or less than 14% of total lymphocytes, and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignant neoplasms. Clinical manifestations also include emaciation (wasting) and dementia. These elements reflect criteria for AIDS as defined by the CDC in 1993. AIDS,Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Acquired,Immunologic Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired,Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome,Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome,Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome,Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndromes,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes,Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired,Immuno-Deficiency Syndromes, Acquired,Immunodeficiency Syndromes, Acquired,Syndrome, Acquired Immuno-Deficiency,Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency,Syndromes, Acquired Immuno-Deficiency,Syndromes, Acquired Immunodeficiency
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000367 Age Factors Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time. Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age

Related Publications

N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
August 1994, Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes,
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
January 2006, Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999),
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
May 1994, The Journal of infectious diseases,
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
January 2000, Hepato-gastroenterology,
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
August 1996, The Journal of infectious diseases,
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
August 1997, The Journal of infectious diseases,
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
September 2003, The Journal of infectious diseases,
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
August 1996, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America,
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
June 2000, The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health,
N C Briggs, and R J Battjes, and K P Cantor, and W A Blattner, and F M Yellin, and S Wilson, and A L Ritz, and S H Weiss, and J J Goedert
July 1997, The Journal of infectious diseases,
Copied contents to your clipboard!