Prevalence Of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus (Htlv) Types I And Ii And Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infections Among Persons With Hansen'S Disease In New York City

One-hundred seven consecutive patients attending a New York Hansen‘s disease clinic from November 1990 through June 1991 were tested for retroviruses. This cohort included 58 patients diagnosed with Hansen’s disease after the onset of the AIDS epidemic, 54 of whom immigrated to the United States bef...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1994-10, Vol.170 (4), p.1007-1009
Main Authors: Glaser, Jordan B., Levis, William R., Gruber, Todd, Cabrera, Aloys, Poiesz, Bernard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
AIDS
AIDS/HIV
Asia - ethnology
Caribbean Region - ethnology
Concise Communication
Ethiopia - ethnology
Europe - ethnology
Female
HIV
HIV 1
HTLV I infections
HTLV-I Infections - complications
HTLV-I Infections - epidemiology
HTLV-II Infections - complications
HTLV-II Infections - epidemiology
Human T lymphotropic virus 1
Humans
Infections
Latin America - ethnology
Leprosy
Leprosy - complications
Leprosy - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
New York City - epidemiology
Polymerase chain reaction
Prevalence
South America - ethnology
T lymphocytes
Viruses
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Summary:One-hundred seven consecutive patients attending a New York Hansen‘s disease clinic from November 1990 through June 1991 were tested for retroviruses. This cohort included 58 patients diagnosed with Hansen’s disease after the onset of the AIDS epidemic, 54 of whom immigrated to the United States before diagnosis of Hansen‘s disease (median, 7 years). The overall rate (1.9%) of human T celllymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I infection was low. Two (3.6%) of 55 Caribbean-born patients had polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-documented HTLV-I infection, but this incidence was not higher than expected in persons without Hansen’s disease. No patient had PeR-documented evidence of either HTLV-II or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection. The low rate of HIV-1 among those studied was likely related to an absence of classic HIV risk behavior because about half of the cohort could have incubated Mycobacterium leprae for a prolonged period while infected with HIV-1.
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/170.4.1007