Abstract
Sera collected between 1978 and 1985 from 716 parenteral drug-addicts admitted to our Clinic with viral hepatitis were tested for antibodies to HTLV III. None of the patients was showing symptoms suggestive of LAV/HTLV III infection at the time of sera collection. Positivity for HTLV III antibody was found and confirmed (by ELISA) in 212 subjects (29.6%). The earliest positivity appeared in a serum sample collected in February 1979. These and other data point to Milan as to the actual source of the Italian PDAs-linked LAV/HTLV-III epidemic.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-13 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Bollettino dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1987 |
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- Immunology
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Lazzarin, A., Crocchiolo, P., Galli, M., Uberti Foppa, C., Caredda, F., Re, T., & Moroni, M. (1987). Milan as possible starting point of LAV/HTLV III epidemic among Italian drug addicts. Bollettino dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese, 66(1), 9-13.