TABLE 2.
Epidemiological status, antibody titer, and molecular screening results for HTLV-1/2-positive or indeterminate Western blot profiles for pregnant women in Gabon, central Africa
| Identification | Locality | Age (yr) | Western blot pattern | Titer
|
Proviral load (copy no./μg of DNA) | GenBank accession no.
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT-2 | C19 | env | LTR | |||||
| Gab1392PG | Port-Gentil | 18 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/80 | 1/40 | 58 | EU444088 | EU444107 |
| Gab683LB | Libreville | 21 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/160 | 1/40 | 1,200 | EU444087 | EU444102 |
| Gab722LB | Libreville | 31 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/320 | 1/160 | 7,520 | EU444098 | EU444112 |
| Gab958LM | Lambaréné | 25 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/320 | 1/80 | 36 | EU444096 | EU444117 |
| Gab35LM | Lambaréné | 22 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/160 | 1/80 | 400 | EU444083 | EU444106 |
| Gab70LM | Lambaréné | 27 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/640 | 1/160 | 71,100 | EU444089 | EU444108 |
| Gab109LM | Lambaréné | 28 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/160 | 1/80 | 76 | EU444095 | EU444116 |
| Gab826LM | Lambaréné | 17 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/40 | <1/20 | 370 | EU444090 | EU444103 |
| Gab197LM | Lambaréné | 32 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/80 | <1/20 | 10 | NDa | EU444110 |
| Gab112LM | Lambaréné | 21 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/320 | 1/20 | 22 | EU444091 | EU444101 |
| Gab1014FC | Franceville | 24 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/640 | 1/160 | 30,800 | EU444097 | EU444113 |
| Gab1058FC | Franceville | 32 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/320 | 1/40 | 3,450 | EU444084 | EU444105 |
| Gab1144FC | Franceville | 19 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/2,540 | 1/80 | 21,260 | EU444085 | EU444104 |
| Gab1123FC | Franceville | 19 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/640 | 1/80 | 900 | EU444092 | EU444111 |
| Gab1008FC | Franceville | 30 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/320 | 1/80 | 1,450 | EU444086 | EU444109 |
| Gab1089FC | Franceville | 23 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/640 | 1/80 | 56,400 | ND | EU444118 |
| Gab1037FC | Franceville | 35 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/320 | 1/80 | 254 | EU444093 | EU444114 |
| Gab1077FC | Franceville | 39 | Complete HTLV-1 | 1/160 | <1/20 | 500 | ND | ND |
| Gab1080FC | Franceville | 17 | Complete HTLV-2 | 1/20 | 1/160 | ND | EU444099 | EU444100 |
| Gab1314PG | Port-Gentil | 40 | Indeterminate | 1/640 | 1/80 | 85 | EU444094 | EU444115 |
| Gab1390PG | Port-Gentil | 29 | Indeterminate | 1/640 | <1/20 | 0 | ||
| Gab1527OY | Oyem | 20 | Indeterminate | 1/640 | 1/20 | 0 | ||
| Gab652LB | Libreville | 16 | Indeterminate | 1/640 | <1/20 | 0 | ||
| Gab715LB | Libreville | 33 | Indeterminate | 1/80 | <1/20 | 0 | ||
| Gab79LM | Lambaréné | 19 | Indeterminate | 1/80 | <1/20 | 0 | ||
| Gab155LM | Lambaréné | 39 | Indeterminate | 1/80 | <1/20 | 0 | ||
| Gab1129FC | Franceville | 23 | Indeterminate | 1/320 | 1/20 | 0 | ||
| Gab1004FC | Franceville | 26 | Indeterminate | 1/160 | 1/20 | 0 | ||
| Gab1199FC | Franceville | 24 | Indeterminate | 1/160 | <1/20 | 0 | ||
a
ND, not done because not enough DNA available.