神奈川県におけるATLの実態，および血液透析患者のHTLV-I抗体の検索

青柳 愛孝; 稲田 直之; 大塚 正一; 金光 寛承; 笹岡 拓雄; 金山 正明

doi:10.11406/rinketsu.28.1747

Clinical and Epidemiological Survey for Adult T Cell Leukemia Patients in Kanagawa Prefecture and HTLV-I Infection in Hemodialyzed Patients

Yoshitaka AOYAGI, Naoyuki INADA, Masakazu OHTUKA, Yoshihiro KANEMITU, Takuo SASAOKA, Masaaki KANAYAMA

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Keywords: ATL in Kanagawa prefecture, high positive rate of HTLV-I carriers in hemodialized patients, Miura hemiisland

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1987 Volume 28 Issue 10 Pages 1747-1753

DOI https://doi.org/10.11406/rinketsu.28.1747

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Abstract

Fourty four patients with Adult T cell leukemia (ATL) have been treated in many hospitals in Kanagawa prefecture. 28 of these patints were born in ATL endemic area, southwest of Japan. 7 of them were in Kanagawa prefecture, and most of 7 were born in Miura hemiisland. Clinical features are same that of endemic area.
Positive rate of HTLV-I antibody in hemodialyzed patients were 5.7%, about tenfold of non-hemodialyzed patients. Cause of HTLV-I infection of them is thoght to be mainly due to blood transfusion. The number of HTLV-I carriers in Kanagawa prefecture are speculated to be 40,000∼80,000.
Scrrening of sera for the HTLV-I antibody is necessary to prevent the virus transmission due to blood transfusion.

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