Table 1. PCR results according to the HTLV Western blot profiles.
| WB results | PCR results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WB profiles | Number of WB profile (N) |
env | LTR-3’ |
env and LTR-3’ |
env or LTR-3’ (n) |
% (n/N) |
| HTLV-1 | 136 | 77 | 101 | 67 | 111 |
82 (111/136) |
| HTLV-2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 (0/10) |
| HTLV-1/2 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 21 |
84 (21/25) |
| HTLV | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
55.6 (5/9) |
| INDETERMINATE | 85 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
10.6 (9/85) |
| NEGATIVE | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 (0/34) |
| Total | 299 | 104 | 131 | 89 | 146 |
49
(146/299) |
%: proportion of at least one PCR positive result (env gene or LTR-3’ region) according to WB profiles