A case‐control study of risk factors associated with human T‐cell lymphotrophic virus type‐I seropositivity in blood donors from Guadeloupe, French West Indies

Abstract

These data provide a wide spectrum of features associated with HTLV-I seropositivity, especially sexual risk factors. It strongly suggests that heterosexual intercourse is an important route of HTLV-I transmission in Guadeloupe, even among low-risk populations such as blood donors.