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| Santos,Terezinha de Jesus Teixeira; Costa,Carlos Maurício de Castro; Goubau,Patrick; Vandamme,Anne-Mieke; Desmyter,Jan; Van Dooren,Sonia; Mota,Rosa M. S.; Costa,Francine Bovy de Castro; Oliveira,Ana C. S.; Gomes,Vânia Barreto A.F.; Carneiro-Proietti,Anna B.; Bruin,Veralice Meireles Sales de; Sousa,Francisca C. F. de; Oriá,Reinaldo Barreto. |
| How to handle Western blot (WB) seroindeterminate individuals for Human T-lymphotropic Virus 1/2 (HTLV-1/2) constitutes a challenge for blood banks and fam ilies. We made a cross-sectional study of 191 enzyme linked immunoassay (EIA) reactive individuals from the hematological center (HEMOCE) of Fortaleza (Brazil), examining their serological (WB) and molecular (PCR) diagnosis, and demographic profiles, as well as a possible association of their condition with other infectious pathologies and risk factors. Ethical institutional approval and personal consent were obtained. Out of 191 EIA reactive individuals, 118 were WB seroindeterminate and 73 were seropositive for HTLV-1/2. In the PCR analysis of 41 WB seroindeterminate individuals, 9 (22%) were positive... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Epidemiology; PCR; HTLV-1/2; Seroindeterminate individuals; Hepatitis; Syphilis; Blood transfusion. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000300005 |
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