Seroepidemiological Study on Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma in Papua New Guinea

Research Project

Project/Area Number	63042010
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Overseas Scientific Survey.
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	Special Cancer Research
Research Institution	KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	TERASHI Shin'ichi Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific, Professor, 南太平洋海域研究センター, 教授 (90041293)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KODOWO J.R. パプア, ニューギニア大学・医学部血液学講座, 前医学部長&講師 TUKUTAU TAUF パプア, ニューギニア大学・医学部公衆衛生学講座, 医学部長&講師 TOM TALONU パプア, ニューギニア大学・医学部病理学講座, 講師 NAKASHIMA Hiroaki Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, The Third Internal Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部第三内科, 講師 (80041474) YAMAGUCHI Kouichi Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, The Second Internal Medicine, Assistan, 医学部附属病院第二内科, 助手 (30117551) TALONU Tom University of Papua New Gunea Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Lect TAUFA Tukutau University of Papua New Gunea Faculty of Med., Dept. Community Medicine, Dean & ABAIDOO Kodowo J.R. University of Papua New Gunea Faculty of Med., Dept. Hematology, Former Dean & L
Project Period (FY)	1986 – 1989
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1989)
Budget Amount *help	¥5,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000) Fiscal Year 1989: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000) Fiscal Year 1988: ¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Keywords	Monbusho International Scientific Research Program / Field Research / Special Cancer Research / Adult T-cell Leukemia / Lymphoma / Papua New Guinea / Viral Antibobies / Epidemiological survey
Research Abstract	It is well known that Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma(ATL) is related to the infection of a kind of viruses and is observed in virus endemic areas(Southwestern Japan). Anti-ATL virus-assosiated antigen antibodies have been detected in the area of most patients and a reratevely high persentage of healthy individualas living in these areas. It is supposeed by epidemiological studies that the virus in transmitted by three main routes such as a blood transfusion, a mother to her children and a husband to his wife. The resultes was indicated Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma virus related-Antibodies were 251 out of 1,254 cases, or 20.0 % on average in Papua New Guinean sera.