Table 3

Prevalence of diseases

DiseasesNo of cases screened (n=298)No (%) of HTLV-1 seropositives
Paraparesis3112 (38.7)
Acute ATLL55 (100)
Lymphomas2210 (45.4)
Other haematological malignancies241 (4.2)
Solid organ tumours81 (12.5)
Parasitosis6627 (40.9)
Other infections554 (7.3)
Other diseases8717 (19.5)