Volume 15, Number 7—July 2009
Dispatch
Epidemiology of Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection in Blood Donors, Israel
Table
Prevalence of HTLV-1 in blood donors from different countries of origin, Israel, 1995–1998*
| Country | No. HTLV-1 carriers | No. blood bank donors | No. carriers/ 100,000 donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 16 | 31,776 | 50.4 |
| Romania | 12 | 73,971 | 14.9 |
| Iraq | 7 | 68,857 | 10.2 |
| Russian Federation | 7 | 111,109 | 6.3 |
| Turkey | 4 | 25,054 | 16 |
| Poland | 3 | 70,172 | 4.3 |
| Israel | 3 | 294,342 | 1.0 |
| Morocco | 3 | 144,014 | 2.1 |
| United States | 3 | 49,204 | 6.1 |
| Yugoslavia† | 2 | 3,181 | 62.9 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 3,552 | 56.3 |
| Argentina | 2 | 20,898 | 9.6 |
| Chile | 2 | 2,101 | 95.2 |
| Czechoslovakia† | 1 | 11,149 | 9.0 |
| Brazil | 1 | 4,217 | 23.7 |
| Niger | 1 | 1 | |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 3,412 | 29.3 |
| Egypt | 1 | 21,245 | 4.7 |
| Yemen | 1 | 36,052 | 2.8 |
| Libya | 1 | 21,427 | 4.7 |
*HTLV-1, human T-lymphotropic virus type 1.
†Country no longer exists.
