Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types 1 and 2 Seropositivity among Blood Donors at Mbarara Regional Blood Bank, South Western Uganda

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Community location</td><td class="align_center">Number of participants tested<br/>(%)</td><td class="align_center">Number of samples reactive for HTLV-1/2 antibodies</td><td class="align_center">Total (%) HTLV-1/2 seropositivity</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Rural</td><td class="align_center">287 (77.99)</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">2 (0.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Urban</td><td class="align_center">81 (22.01)</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">0 (0)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">368 (100)</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">2 (0.54)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

HTLV-1/2 seropositivity by rural versus urban location.

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Table 2: Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types 1 and 2 Seropositivity among Blood Donors at Mbarara Regional Blood Bank, South Western Uganda 