MACIA, Carmenza et al. Seroprevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus in blood bank donors at Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia, 2008-2014. Biomédica [online]. 2016, vol. 36, suppl. 2, pp. 108-115. ISSN 0120-4157. https://doi. org/10.7705/biomedica. v36i0. 2942. Introduction: Human lymphotropic virus (HTLV I/II) is a retrovirus that is prevalent across the Colombian Pacific coast, and is potentially transmissible by transfusion. Blood bank screening has been regulated since 2004, in order to reduce transmission of HTLV I/II
