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In a first seroepidemiological study on the prevalence of the human T-lymphotropic retrovirus HTLV-III in West Germany, sera of 26 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), 33 patients with lymphadenopathy syndrome (LAS) or AIDS related complex (ARC), and 113 homosexual men at risk of AIDS were screened for IgG antibodies to HTLV-III by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). 22 out of 26 AIDS-patients (84.6%), 24 out of 33 LAS-patients (72.7%), and 44 out of 113 healthy homosexual men with increased risk of AIDS (38.9%) were found positive for antibodies to HTLV-III. Heterosexual controls including healthy laboratory workers and medical personnel with contact to AIDS patients did not show antibodies to HTLV-III. The HTLV-III antibodies analyzed predominantly recognize a protein of molecular weight 41,000 (p 41).
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Hehlmann, R., Kreeb, G., Erfle, V. et al. IgG-antibodies to HTLV-III in patients with AIDS, LAS, and persons at risk of AIDS in West Germany. Blut 50, 13–18 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00319764
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