| Literature DB >> 6602725 |
K Tajima, K Fujita, S Tsukidate, T Oda, S Tominaga, T Suchi, Y Hinuma.
Abstract
Patients with filariasis were commonly observed until 1961-1970 in the Goto Islands, an area where adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is endemic. The positive rate of antibodies to ATL virus-associated antigen among persons with a high antibody titer to filarial antigen was higher than that among persons with a low antibody titer in both sexes. Thus, filarial parasites might have some promoting effects on ATL virus infection and/or ATL virus proliferation among inhabitants in the endemic areas of filariasis and ATL.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6602725
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gan ISSN: 0016-450X