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[HTLV-I antibody screening of blood donors]
G Schwarzfischer1, H Schätzl, U Bäcker
1Blutspendedienst des Bayerischen Roten Kreuzes, München.
Beitrage Zur Infusionstherapie = Contributions to Infusion Therapy
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Routine screening of 344,266 blood donations of approximately 200,000 donors for anti-HTLV-I was done by enzyme immuno assay (EIA). Repeatedly reactive samples were confirmed by Western Blot (WB) and radio immuno precipitation assay (RIPA). The prevalence of anti-HTLV-I in Bavarian blood donors is 0.02-0.026%. The specificity of HTLV-I-EIA is 99.95%.