TABLE 1.

PCR analysis of 230 samples tested by WB with WB2.3

WB2.3 result	No. of samples with the following PCR result:
	Negative	tax only	HTLV-I positive	HTLV-II positive	Not tested	Total
Negative	12	0	0	0	5	17
Indeterminate	143	3	0	0	32	178
Positive	65	1	0	0	0	66
HTLV-I positive	2	0	13	0	4	19
HTLV-II positive	2	0	0	8	2	12
Total	224	4	13	8	43	292