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| Campos,Karoline Rodrigues; Gonçalves,Maria Gisele; Costa,Nadia Aparecida; Caterino-de-Araujo,Adele. |
| ABSTRACT The present study evaluated several techniques currently available (commercial kits and in-house assays) for diagnosing human T lymphotropic viruses types 1 and 2 in two groups of patients enrolled at HIV/AIDS specialized care services in São Paulo: Group 1 (G1), n = 1608, 1237 male/371 female, median age 44.3 years old, majority using highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART); G2, n = 1383, 930 male/453 female, median age of 35.6 years old, majority HAART naïve. Enzyme immunoassays [(EIA) Murex and Gold ELISA] were employed for human T lymphotropic viruses types 1 and 2 screening; Western blotting (WB), INNO-LIA (LIA), real-time PCR pol (qPCR), and nested-PCR-RFLP (tax) were used to confirm infection. Samples were considered human T... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HTLV-1/2; HIV-1; Coinfection; Diagnosis; Immunoblotting; PCR; HAART. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000300297 |
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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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