How Common Is HTLV-III Infection in the United States?

To the Editor: Fairly precise figures for the number of cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States are based on surveillance data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control. Since the presence of antibodies to human T-cell lymphotrophic virus Type III (HTLV-III) is...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 313; no. 21; p. 1352
Main Authors Sivak, S L, Wormser, G P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 21.11.1985
Subjects
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology
Epidemiologic Methods
Hemophilia A - epidemiology
Homosexuality
Humans
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
United States
United States
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Summary:To the Editor: Fairly precise figures for the number of cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States are based on surveillance data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control. Since the presence of antibodies to human T-cell lymphotrophic virus Type III (HTLV-III) is itself not a reportable condition, and since little information is available on testing for HTLV-III antibody in the general population, the number of residents of this country who have been infected with the virus is unknown. We suggest that the prevalence of this infection in the general U.S. population as well as in . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198511213132113