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| Nunes,Ceuci L.X.; Andrade,Tarcisio; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo; Bastos,Francisco I.; Reingold,Arthur. |
| Crack cocaine use is associated with risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. We investigated sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and infection rates in female crack cocaine users from impoverished communities of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A sample of 125 female crack cocaine users was recruited. Overall, the interviewees had low educational level and high rate of unemployment (close to 90%). One-third (37%) reported having traded sex for money or drugs, and 58% reported that they had not used condoms during intercourse in the last 30 days. The prevalence of infections was low: HIV-1.6%; HCV-2.4%; HBV- 0.8%; HTLV I/II-4.0%; and syphilis-4.0%. The combination of dire poverty and high prevalence of risk... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Risk behaviors; Prevalence of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections; Female crack cocaine users. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000600007 |
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| Boa-Sorte,Ney; Purificação,Antônio; Amorim,Tatiana; Assunção,Lorena; Reis,Alan; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo. |
| Introduction:Screening for vertically transmitted infection is mandatory and must be conducted at the first prenatal consultation. The most vulnerable women's groups are those at the lowest socio-economic level. Dried blood spot testing on filter paper could represent a secure way to screen pregnant women in the prenatal period.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2009 and March 2010, in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to compare the accuracy of the dried blood spot in filter paper and venipuncture serological as screening methods for HIV, HTLV, VHB, VHC, Treponema pallidum, and Toxoplasma gondii during prenatal period. Results of the venous blood sample collected in tubes were considered the gold... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Prenatal care; Infectious diseases; Seroprevalence; Dried blood spot testinga. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702014000600618 |
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| Olavarria,Viviana Nilla; Gomes,Alline do Nascimento; Kruschewsky,Ramon de Almeida; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo; Grassi,Maria Fernanda Rios. |
| INTRODUCTION: Variations in human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) proviral load (PVL) in infected individuals over time are not well understood. Objective: To evaluate the evolution of proviral load in asymptomatic individuals and HAM/TSP patients in order to help determine periodicity for measuring proviral load. METHODS: A group of 104 HTLV-1 infected patients, followed at the HTLV reference center in Salvador, Brazil, were included in the study (70 asymptomatic and 34 HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients). HTLV-1 PVL was measured using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) at baseline and again at another point, either < 12 months, between 12-24 months, or > 24 months. RESULTS: HAM/TSP... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Asymptomatic; Evolution; HTLV-1; Proviral load; HAM/TSP. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000400008 |
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| Carvalho,André Gordilho Joaquim de; Galvão-Phileto,Ana Verena; Lima,Nana Santos; Jesus,Rogério Santos de; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo; Lima,Manuela Garcia. |
| Viral infections and chronic diseases have been associated with psychiatric disorders. Among these, increased depression has been reported in HTLV-1 patients. However, no studies on the prevalence of other mental disturbances have been carried out in these patients. Salvador is the city with the highest rate of infection with HTLV-1 in Brazil and it is estimated that approximately 40,000 inhabitants are infected. In our cross sectional study, we examined the frequency of mental disturbances in 50 HTLV-1 seropositive patients followed at the Centro Integrativo e Multidisciplinar de HTLV e Hepatites Virais (CHTLV) of the Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saude Pública (EBMSP) in Salvador from January to November 2007. We used a questionnaire to collect... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HTLV; Mental disturbances. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000100003 |
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| Silva,Edinete Melo da; Acosta,Angelina Xavier; Santos,Eduardo José Melo; Netto,Eduardo Martins; Lemaire,Denise Carneiro; Oliveira,Adriano Silva; Barbosa,Carolina Matos; Bendicho,Maria Teresita; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo; Brites,Carlos. |
| Host genetic factors play an important role in mediating resistance to HIV-1 infection and may modify the course of infection. HLA-B alleles (Bw4 epitope; B*27 and B*57) as well as killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors have been associated with slow progression of HIV-1 infection. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between serological epitopes HLA-Bw4 and HLA-Bw6 and prognostic markers in AIDS. METHODS: 147 HIV-infected individuals in Bahia, Northeast Brazil, were genotyped for HLA class I locus. HLA class I genotyping was performed by hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes following amplification of the corresponding HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C genes. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher's exact and ANOVA tests for... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HIV; AIDS; MHC; HLA; Polymorphism. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000500008 |
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| Rathsam-Pinheiro,Regina Helena; Boa-Sorte,Ney; Grassi,Maria Fernanda Rios; Copello,Úrsula Cury; Rios,Karla Tayrine Silva Guimarães; Araújo,Thessika; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo. |
| ABSTRACT Background: The prevalence of keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) associated with Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) (HTLV-1/KCS) has been estimated at around 37%, but its clinical manifestations are poorly described. Purpose: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of HTLV-1/KCS in a large cohort of HTLV-1-infected individuals living in Salvador, Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between June 2004 and September 2017 at the Integrative and Multidisciplinary Center for HTLV in Salvador, Bahia-Brazil. Data from 758 HTLV-1-infected patients was collected. A complete ophthalmologic examination was performed in both eyes. Lacrimal function was evaluated by breakup time, Rose Bengal and Schirmer I Tests. KCS... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HTLV-1; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca; Prevalence; Dry eye syndromes. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702019000200095 |
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| Grimaldi,Rogério; Acosta,Angelina Xavier; Cabral-Oliveira,Fernando Cézar; Brites,Carlos; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo. |
| The main coreceptor gene involved in HIV-1 infection is CCR5 beta chemokine receptor gene for which several mutations have been described, some of which have correlated with HIV-1 infection, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), or both. Deletion of 32bp in the CCR5 gene (delta32) has been shown to confer resistance to infection by HIV-1 R5 strains. Another mutation, characterized by a thymine to adenine (T to A) nucleotide substitution at position 303 (m303), has shown the same effects as the delta32 mutation, with previous studies having shown that the allele frequency of the CCR5-m303 mutation is 0.014 in African-American and 0.007 in French populations. The Brazilian population is known to be genetically diverse, because of which we investigated... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: CCR5 gene; M303 frequency; Brazilian populations; HIV-1. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572005000200006 |
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